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May 02, 2021
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A Philadelphia police union offered free ice cream on Friday outside the office of District Attorney Larry Krasner to protest “soft on crime” policies.
The Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 will pay for a Mr. Softee’s ice cream truck to give out free ice cream outside of Krasner’s office every Friday until the May 18 Democratic primary for District Attorney, Fox 29 Philadelphia reported.
FOP has endorsed Krasner’s challenger, Carlos Vega.
“We figured we would go out and bring an ice cream truck a Mister Softee truck out because we have Mr. Softee in the DA’s office. Soft on crime, soft on sentencing. Too many shootings. We got six people a day average being shot in Philadelphia. That’s ridiculous,” FOP Lodge 5 President John McNesby told Fox 29.
FOP gives out Mister Softee outside Philadelphia District Attorney s Office
By FOX 29 staff
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FOP members helped give out free Mister Softee ice cream outside of the Philadelphia District Attorney s Office saying the DA has been too soft on crime.
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 gave out free Mister Softee ice cream ahead of the May primary outside of the Philadelphia District Attorney s Office saying. They say DA Krasner has been too soft on crime.
They plan to do it every Friday leading up to primary day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The FOP is supporting DA Larry Krasner s challenger Carlos Vega.
Thom Carroll/for PhillyVoice A Mr. Softee ice cream truck will be parked outside the office of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on April 30, 2021. The truck s appearance is sponsored by Philadelphia s police union, which has endorsed Krasner s opponent, Carlos Vega, in the upcoming primary election.
The heated race for the Philadelphia District Attorney s Office will cool down, in a manner of speaking, when the police union rolls out a Mr. Softee truck with free cones outside the office of incumbent Larry Krasner on Friday.
A spokesman for the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 announced the truck will be outside the D.A. s office at 3 Penn Square from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The stunt is meant to be a metaphor for Krasner s soft-on-crime policies, a heavy talking point for the police union and other Krasner critics, including former U.S. Attorney William McSwain.
The family of a Philadelphia man is suing two police officers who fatally shot him last year
The family of Walter Wallace Jr. is suing two police officers who fatally shot him in West Philadelphia last year.
Wallace, a 27-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by police while holding a knife on October 26. His family had said he had bipolar disorder and was experiencing a mental health crisis at the time. The officers were not equipped with less-lethal options, like Tasers, to use in such situations.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, alleges officers Sean Matarazzo and Thomas Munz used unreasonable force when they shot Wallace outside of his family’s home, less than a minute after arriving on the scene.