CAUTION: Group of 50-100 Patriot Front members are marching in Center City right now. Group is currently at 6 and Market, armed with cobblestones and shields. Reports of fighting.
#scanner 6th District units following the group to meet with 6th District Commander at the back of the group
#scanner All 4-12[pm] units are being requested to stay on the clock until further notice
#scanner Units estimating group is actually about 250, taking up a whole block. Group is at 1st and Walnut
#scanner Group crossing the overpass at Front and Walnut entering the parking garage
#scanner Group is walking towards Penns Landing on the East side of Columbus Blvd
#scanner Group is loading up into 3 separate Penske trucks in the parking lot at Penns Landing
#scanner 1 of the 3 trucks has left the parking lot, officers are following the truck to see where they go for now
#scanner Units instructed to get tags and make/model of the trucks. All 3 trucks have been stopped at Delaware and Race to document the tags
#scanner Truck has "at least 20 people in the back," operator of the truck listening to police scanners
#admin Conveniently, the traffic camera at Columbus and Race is "temporarily unavailable" right now
#admin who are patriot front? Well, some of the worst of the worst. Steer clear of the parkway if you can. https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/patriot-front
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Patriot Front
Patriot Front is a white nationalist hate group that broke off from Vanguard America in the aftermath of the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, of August 12, 2017.