Protesters looted stores and set fires across Philadelphia on Sunday — prompting President Trump to urge Pennsylvania’s governor to call in the National Guard.
News choppers captured images of numerous stores in West Philadelphia being ransacked and fires raging out of control in Center City amid ongoing anger over the police-custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, WPVI-TV reported.
One video clip shows police chasing down looters, and another people attacking a police vehicle.
Law & Order in Philadelphia, NOW! They are looting stores. Call in our great National Guard like they FINALLY did (thank you President Trump) last night in Minneapolis. Is this what voters want with Sleepy Joe? All Dems!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2020
But of course, the legacy of Chicago 1968 wasn't that it *wasn't* repeated. It was.
The new politics of "law and order" became a popular model, used from George Wallace to Donald Trump.
Check out @TimLombard0's book on Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo: https://t.co/5yzI2iLAew
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 31, 2020