Investigators are on the scene in Delaware County after a person was found dead in Newtown Square and septa takes action to keep people safe. The way to report crimes during your commute. And the big story is the the rising racial tension sweeping the nation after the weekend of violence in virginia. The demonstration was the flash point in charlottesville. And now pressure to take monuments down and its hitting home after someone is demanding the removal of a polarizing statue here in philadelphia. Jeanette reyes is here with more on that. Reporter well rick, aside from Donald Trumps comments yesterday setting off a firestorm. Its igniting an ongoing debate in philadelphia. Should the frank rizzo statue here be taken down. Hours ago the man walked up and pelted the statue with eggs showing of course where he stands on this issue. After apparently being vandalized tuesday night. This afternoon in broad daylight. A man stood outside of the newly placed barricades and pelted the frank ri
Lives matters wants it gone. If the city wont use it i think its time for the people to rise up and take it down. Rizzo should not be honored. He was a racist bigot and homoaphobe and how he interacted with black and brown people was with violence. But jodi who used to work with rizzo, got it all wrong. He was a tough lawmaker and won the respect of african meshes. Blacks got to breaks irish got to breaks and polish got to breaks. You dont get breaks if you break the law. The current mayor, jim kenney asked about the new effort. There is a group of people and folks in the city that want to reconsider the placement of that statue whether removed or relocated. You have to go through the same process. Im not a fan of the statue and im not a fan when it went up. But that doesnt mean i can unilaterally tear it down. Intentions were stated. Those that want it gone and those that want it to remain here. The statue remains and surrounded by a temporary fence and a watchful eye of Police Office
Many different groups but not all of those people were neo nazis. There were bad people in that group but you had people very fine people on both sides. In one of the most contentious news conferences the president angry and not backing down from the initial response that both sides were responsible for the deadly violence. What about the alt left that came charging as you say the altright. Do they have guilt . They came charging swinging clubs. A group on one side bad and the group on the other side who was also very violent. The backlash was swift and widespread one group was loving the response. The socalled altright with kkk grand wizard david duke thanking the president for his honesty and courage. And republicans distancing themselves from the remarks and the hateful groups he is credited with emboldening him. There is no good neo nazi. We dont support you. We dont want your vote. Leaders began to distance themselveses from President Trump he tweeted that every ceo that drops out
Wake of deadly violence last weekend. We are here to say that we dont support that. A number of people denouncing the president believing he didnt come out Strong Enough against White Supremacists and natzis. I want him to persecute those people the same as any other terrorist. As the rally converged at the United Methodist rally, organizers said this its not just about natzis. Most americans remember that this was a group of people we had to go to war with. Participants were reminded by at least one rabbi that neonatzis are a real threat. They would kill every person in this room. Do you get that . No one here is safe from their hatred. Organizers were standing in solidarity to condemn this evil. Dann cuellar, action news. This the view from chopper 6 over the frank rizzo sa statue. A group of black live matters statue demanding the frank rizzo statue be torn down. Police held their ground in the face of an obscenity laced tirade. So far there have been no arrests. Well continue to br
Wake of deadly violence last weekend. We are here to say that we dont support that. A number of people denouncing the president believing he didnt come out Strong Enough against White Supremacists and natzis. I want him to persecute those people the same as any other terrorist. As the rally converged at the United Methodist rally, organizers said this its not just about natzis. Most americans remember that this was a group of people we had to go to war with. Participants were reminded by at least one rabbi that neonatzis are a real threat. They would kill every person in this room. Do you get that . No one here is safe from their hatred. Organizers were standing in solidarity to condemn this evil. Dann cuellar, action news. This the view from chopper 6 over the frank rizzo sa statue. A group of black live matters statue demanding the frank rizzo statue be torn down. Police held their ground in the face of an obscenity laced tirade. So far there have been no arrests. Well continue to br