South Philadelphia residents are uniting to put an end to looting and rioting in their community amid the nationwide protests against the death of George Floyd, Stand Up South Philly founder Anthony Giordano explained Tuesday.
, the looting, and the rioting," he asserted. "This was not protesting that was happening in Philadelphia and around the country. This was looting and rioting and criminal behavior. And we were not going to stand for it."On Saturday, Floyd protesters in Brooklyn, N.Y. "The rest of the city saw what we were doing," Giordano pointed out.
Giordano told Earhardt that after their first couple of confrontations with looters, they were informed the perpetrators would shift their focus to different areas of South Philadelphia. "South Philadelphia is a tough neighborhood. We are strong here. We are blue collar. We mobilized all the neighborhoods. I was in and out of every neighborhood yesterday making sure everything was fine," he said. "We were being circled at some point. They wanted to get into that Target. We refused to let them get into that Target. And, South Philly stood strong yesterday.
"We do not stand with the violent rioters. Dr. Martin Luther King walked in the [1960s]. He never threw a stone and he changed the face," Giordano concluded.Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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