Looting going on big time right now in Philadelphia #Philadelphia on Twitter

[womanofthehills]

Crowds looting Apple Store, food stores, liquor stores, post office, Foot Locker, pharmacies etc.

[dalton99a]

1. Over 100 masked teens ransack and loot Philadelphia stores leading to several arrests, police say

https://apnews.com/article/philadelphia-store-mob-thefts-teenagers-f2351d631f691aa081233b1df1bee54d

Over 100 masked teens ransack and loot Philadelphia stores leading to several arrests, police say
Updated 10:17 PM CDT, September 26, 2023

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Groups of teenagers swarmed into stores in Philadelphia’s Central City on Tuesday, stuffing plastic bags with merchandise and fleeing, although police made several arrests, authorities and witnesses said.

An Apple Store was hit at around 8 p.m. and police chased fleeing teenagers, recovering dropped iPhones and a “pile of iPads” at one spot, a police statement said.

More than 100 people who appeared to be teenagers looted a Lululemon store, NBC10 Philadelphia reported, citing a police officer.

Video posted on social media showed masked people in hoodies running out of Lululemon and police officers grabbing several and tackling them to the sidewalk, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

No injuries were immediately reported but CBS Philadelphia said a security guard was assaulted at the Foot Locker.

[FreeState]

2. I never understand people looting Apple stores

All the products that are worth anything substantial are location geo locked and are worthless pieces of junk once removed from the store.

[newdayneeded]

3. Unless they are acting under the

direction of hackers. Sent in to get the phones and paid a few bucks per phone.

[dalton99a]

5. They sell them for parts

There is a demand

[FreeState]

7. Not this time

From the article above:

An Apple Store was hit at around 8 p.m. and police chased fleeing teenagers, recovering dropped iPhones and a “pile of iPads” at one spot, a police statement said.

[yaesu]

6. Apple claims to be an Irish company so they get out of paying us taxes

Maybe rioters are looking for some good Irish whiskey.

[Hekate]

8. Is this one of those social media challenges, do you think? "How stupid can you be? Take a selfie."

I’m baffled. Not that I pay much attention to Philadelphia, but what is their motivation?

[rubbersole]

9. Appears to be a new 'fad'.

Group theft.

[womanofthehills]

10. Influencer with 125,000 Instagram followers

At the end - she’s going to jail

https://x.com/rawsalerts/status/1706897659968020861?s=46&t=YZgyyp4w_z7vW3neKxa6cQ

[Ishoutandscream2]

11. Philadelphia Eagles' season ticket holders

Who are out on bail this week from the penitentiary.

[PCIntern]

17. Typical Dallas fan...

Love dishing it out… your hometown fans calling Eagles fans mentally ill, which, by the way is extreme disrespect to people who are actually medically compromised, but since it’s America’s team, it’s all right.

Your team stinks - they ain’t going anywhere, and your quarterback is third rate and pumped up by the media. He would have been run out of town by now in San Francisco, New York, Philly, or Kansas City, where those fans know something about football and don’t spend their time “servicing” Jerry Jones.

[kentuck]

15. It's anarchy...

..and the end of law and justice.

And democracy.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

16. There were some peaceful protests after authorities announced that all charges against Mark Dial

were dismissed. Dial had hopped out of his cop cruiser and then shot and killed Eddie Irizarry in his car, claiming self-defense, in August. These actions happened later that evening.

[PCIntern]

18. When any Philly team clinched anything

It is an excuse for rioting. And I’m a lifelong Philly teams fan… it happens in many cities, but it is noticed most here because of the nature of our center city district with the narrow streets and older buildings that burn easily.