It’s like something out of Mad Max.
According to a report from Fox News, ATV and dirt-bike riders swarmed Philadelphia police officers, throwing bottles and bricks in a violent display one day after a Republican city councilman accused the administration of Mayor Jim Kenney, a Democrat, of instructing officers “not to enforce the law.”
“According to police, a dirt-bike rider initially crashed near the gas pumps and ran off. Investigators later determined the bike had been reported stolen from New Jersey,” Fox reports.
But things only got worse from there.
“As officers attempted to secure the stolen dirt bike the crowd began to circle the officers while throwing bricks, bottles and other objects at them,” Philadelphia police said. “One marked police vehicle was kicked repeatedly and had its windshield broken with brick before the group fled the area.”
Watch the clip above.
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Just one day earlier, Philadelphia City Councilman at-large David Oh responded to a different video that showed hordes of dirt-bike and ATV riders.
“This has to stop,” he wrote.
Oh also wrote that police “are instructed by the Mayor’s Administration not to enforce the law.”
This has to stop. Police are instructed by the Mayor’s Administration not to enforce the law. That has resulted in this escalating problem of reckless driving, no insurance, intentional disregard for public safety, likely possession of illegal firearms & potential violence.
— David Oh (@DavidOhPhilly) October 15, 2022
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