Vandals damage federal buildings in Philadelphia; 7 arrested

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

PHILADELPHIA -- A group of people dressed in black vandalized at least two federal buildings in downtown Philadelphia on New Year's Eve, and police said they recovered Molotov cocktails and other suspicious devices as they arrested seven of them, authorities said Friday.

Officers spotted about 50 people, all in black, around 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the historic U.S. Customs House, police said.

And a 25-year-old man was seen throwing a brick through the windows of a federal building and courthouse shortly before 9 p.m., police said. He fled with a 24-year-old man and two 23-year-old women, all of whom were arrested.

Damage to the building was estimated at about $3,000. Anti-police and anti-prison graffiti were scrawled on walls, a sheriff’s van was defaced and several windows were broken.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/vandals-damage-federal-buildings-philadelphia-arrested-75006819?cid=clicksource_4380645_2_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Must have been white people or news story would have stated they were black.

[judesedit]

2. Must agree with you

[CatWoman]

14. yep

https://6abc.com/philadelphia-vandalism-graffiti-federal-buildings-breaking-windows-building-in-center-city/9243252/

[Zoonart]

3. More "Antifa" Cosplay!

They are out in droves today creating a predicate for violence against Socialist Democrats.
Just MHO.

[Zoonart]

7. Yep!

[Irish_Dem]

6. Yes indeed. Busy little bees today. nt

[bucolic_frolic]

8. The article sounds like the perps were a travelling chem lab

with powders, fire starters, flammables.

Antifa and chemist are not compatible. These are Antifa impostors.

[groundloop]

9. Makes me wonder if they're connected to the troublemakers in Portland

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Did any of them have flagpoles on their SUV? /nt

[RVN VET71]

11. Too early to tell

Could be false flag Proud Babies or Booger Boys -- they’ve shown the ability to carry out a planned attack like the 3 Stooges. But it could also be Antifa or other left wing jackasses -- although I’d like to think that the Left would not produce such a clumsy work-product.

The police will find out. They caught these idiots red-handed so there’s no reason for them not to talk -- especially if it means leniency.

We’ll see.

[iluvtennis]

12. And where was trumps "police" with rubber bullets and tear

gas.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

13. Rubber bullets and tear gas are reserved for peaceful liberals.

tRump's mask-less vandals are another story altogether.

[Ramsey Barner]

15. It's the "Custom House," not the "Customs House."

I used to work in it.

[link:https://www.gsa.gov/historic-buildings/us-custom-house-philadelphia-pa|

[RVN VET71]

16. And I'm sure this isn't the first time you have to make the correction!