Scanner: Police think crowd may be dispersing, orders to have police units stay in the center city area even if crowd disperses

RIP Tyre- if you're watching a video tonight, this is the video his family wants to share: https://twitter.com/shafinakhabani/status/1619082807585964033?s=20&t=Zy-PRv2JxH1xx9YyXsvuBQ

Scanner: Civil affairs trying to estimate how many people remain at the protest. It is partially dispersed.

Reminder: it's usually safer to leave in groups and check in with your friends!

Scanner: Police are considering the event terminated and the group dispersed

#scanner Center City closures beginning. Closures will be between Lombard and Vine, between 8th and 20th. Crowd control units are stationed around this area, be careful moving around Center City and look out for each other.

All SEPTA buses are detoured, so plan travel accordingly.

#scanner Bike units staged at City Hall and along Broad

#scanner Officers being directed to make sure everyone is in the street, not on the sidewalks

#scanner PA State Police will be airborne soon, will provide DownLink (stream to officers' phones)

#scanner First pole climber of the night

#scanner Units being requested to block traffic at Broad and Washington

#scanner Bike team requested Broad and Chestnut, "we're starting to lose the barricade"

#CTA Some comrades put together a Community Skate/Vigil for Tyre Nichols and against state violence this coming Sunday, Feburary 19th.

Come together to speak out and skate in memory of Tyre Nichols and everyone who has been murdered by police brutality!

Food & Water provided by Food Not Bombs Solidarity

When: Sunday 2/19 @ 2:00PM
Where: Paine's Skatepark, near the Art Museum

#CTA This is happening now @ 33rd and Market! Rally to Save the UC Townhomes at the Mario Statue @ 33 and Market. More support was requested.

Eight Drexel students are sitting in at the President's office at 3141 Chestnut St. They have been there since the afternoon of Feb 21 demanding that Drexel University commit to being good neighbors and support community movements.

Drexel Community for Justice is demanding that John Fry and Drexel University:
Directly commit $10 million to the preservation of the Townhomes as 100%, permanent low-income housing support Townhomes
Remove Brett Altman and David Adelman from Drexel’s Real Estate Advisory Council

Drexel must act NOW to ensure families can stay in their homes.

Students need supporters outside, social media and press coverage, and vocal community support so they do not face retaliation for standing up for the people who make up our community.
#DrexelCommit10million and #DrexelRemoveAdelmanandAltman
#SavetheUCTownhomes
@drexelforjustice and @saveuctownhomes on instagram

UC Townhomes supporters are not planning to leave until their demands are met. Specifically they ask people *with Drexel IDs* willing to come into the building and be with them for support. The more who are there resisting the displacement of families the more pressure it will send to the administration to stop being complicit in the destruction of community.