Philadelphia citywide curfew lifted
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The City of Philadelphia was placed under a curfew again on Sunday.
It went into effect at 6 p.m. and was lifted at 6 a.m. Monday.
All businesses in the city were ordered to close.
"During this time, people may leave their homes only to go to work at essential businesses or to seek medical attention or police assistance," Mayor Jim Kenney said.
The curfew was put into effect after peaceful demonstrations to protest the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd later turned violent with police cars set ablaze and protesters smashing store windows.
"Peaceful protests earlier were touching shows of our collective grief," Kenney said Saturday night. "But the anger being displayed this afternoon cannot and will not continue."
Meanwhile, Governor Tom Wolf signed a disaster emergency declaration to "provide all necessary assistance to municipalities as they respond to the escalation of protests in Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh."
