Oct. 31, 2020 - Dennis Prager Show
05:46
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| In Philadelphia, the fatal police shooting of 27-year-old Walter Wallace from City Journal in West Philadelphia has set off another round of mass looting, arson, and violence. | |
| Wallace, who had a long criminal history and evident mental problems, was confronted by two police officers who ordered him repeatedly to put down the knife that he was wielding. | |
| Wallace refused to drop the knife, charged the officers, and was shot multiple times. | |
| The shooting sparked looting and vandalism in and around West Philadelphia's 52nd Street corridor, where the 18th District Police District is located. | |
| Incidentally, I have very vivid memories of arriving to give a speech in Philadelphia On the night of the Philadelphia Phillies winning the World Series. | |
| And we could not travel directly to our hotel in downtown Philadelphia because of all the rioting that was taking place. | |
| So Philadelphia has a tradition of riots that are caused by all sorts of things. | |
| And the primary source It has nothing to do with events. | |
| Events are excuses to riot. | |
| The people who riot are bored, painless, and they have no conscience that you and I can relate to. | |
| They probably have no father. | |
| They certainly have no Ten Commandments. | |
| Just thought I'd throw that out. | |
| That police cars are now routinely burned is a crisis, a serious crisis in American life. | |
| The West Philadelphia riots accelerated into a fever pitch resulting in injuries to 30 police officers and necessitating the hospitalization of 12 others. | |
| Officers managed to arrest 30 people As the riot spread throughout West Philadelphia, where ATMs were destroyed and businesses looted, including a Rite Aid, several clothing stores, and a restaurant. | |
| Newsweek reported that over 1,000 people ransacked and looted stores like Walmart and Foot Locker in the Port Richmond section of the city. | |
| District Attorney Larry Krasner. | |
| Larry Krasner is a bad human being. | |
| He seeks the destruction of Philadelphia. | |
| And he is, nevertheless, the district attorney. | |
| He embodies my view of the left that I've had all of my life. | |
| The Achilles' heel of the left is evil. | |
| They do not fight evil. | |
| Instead, they fight good. | |
| Those who do not fight evil will fight good. | |
| Take off on the Talmudic dictum that those who are nice to the cruel will be cruel to the nice. | |
| That is Larry Krasner's motto. | |
| I am nice to the cruel, and I am cruel to the nice. | |
| But he was elected by you in Philadelphia. | |
| Philadelphia Police Chief Danielle Outlaw promised a full investigation into the looting. | |
| Krasner praised peaceful demonstrations but said nothing specific about the mayhem and violence. | |
| Mayor Jim Kenney, after a lengthy statement promising to investigate the police officers involved in the shooting, later added a much softer postscript directed at the rioters. | |
| Vandalism and looting is not an acceptable face of First Amendment expression. | |
| That is one serious condemnation. | |
| I think these rioters... | |
| When they heard that, they went, you know, that's a very good point. | |
| Nah, I'm going to really have to ruminate on that. | |
| But he did not condemn the disorder or promise to stop it. | |
| On the second day of rioting, Outlaw, that's the police chief, Danielle Outlaw, stated, I have directed the officer-involved shooting investigation, Unity, to begin its investigation. | |
| While at the scene this evening, I heard and felt the anger of the community. | |
| Everyone involved will forever be impacted. | |
| I also plan to join the mayor in meeting with members of the community and members of Wallace's family. | |
| There you go. | |
| That's a statement of support of the rioters, is it not? | |
| Am I in any way distorting the message? | |
| Outlaw statement contained no mention of the community suffering the ill effects of smashed up businesses and boarded up banks. | |
| The Inquirer, that's the Philadelphia Inquirer, declared that Wallace's killing was part of a, quote, 190 years of brutality against black people in Philadelphia. | |
| There's your media for you, folks. | |
| President described the media as an enemy of the state. | |
| Of the people, sorry. | |
| Correct. |
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