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.

⚠️as of 2pm today drink and cook with bottled water only due to latex spill in water ways if you live in North, Northeast, Center City, and South Philly.⚠️

The City of Philadelphia has no plans to give away additional free water to residents due to latex contamination in our water ways yet. Latex allergy impacts approximately 6% of community members and is a progressive allergy because our bodies create antibodies when exposed. Approximately 12% of Healthcare, 17% of food, and 33% of dental workers have the allergy according to OSHA. Latex has been banned in retail and healthcare in several states but not in Pennsylvania because of the impacts the allergy has on people's access to education, healthcare, and work. Approximately 15 workplace fatalities happen a year acording to OSHA. Please make sure your neighbors have water to drink and cook with especially if you know they have a latex allergy as the city has no plans in effect to help these residents.

Note that the leak likely was synthetic latex which isn't as likely to cause allergy. However synthetic latex still contains the same natural rubber latex accelerators that also can cause allergy in patients with a latex allergy. If you react when using paint or wearing nitrile gloves, it could still potentially be an issue using water containing large concentrations of rubber accelerators from a synthetic latex contamination. Please wait for more updates from the water department. Give them a call if you have a latex allergy to let them know of the risks of allergic reaction if your water contains latex or rubber accelerators. As of now, water in potentially impacted areas is safe to drink until 11:59 PM.