#scanner Civil Affairs crowd estimate rising to 40 people at City Hall, also noting News Media is on location

#scanner Civil Affairs crowd estimate has risen to 75 people at City Hall, making note that the event has started

#scanner Crowd estimate is now 120 people at City Hall per Civil Affairs

#scanner Major Incident Response Team (MIRT), Expressway Patrol, and Traffic units checking in at City Hall

#scanner Civil Affairs Captain coordinating possibly getting more than two traffic units for the "Pro-Gaza" protest, as most are currently assigned to the P!nk concert

#scanner Civil Affairs increasing crowd estimate to 250 people at City Hall

#scanner Civil Affairs count is now 400 people at City Hall

#skywatch Storms seem to be about 20-30 minutes out. They are pretty small but will likely dump a good amount of rain. Expect it to last around an hour. Philadelphia is under both a Severe Thunderstorm Watch and a Flood Watch until 10pm, so be cautious in your travels!

#scanner Civil Affairs crowd estimate now at 500 people

#scanner Civil Affairs Captain hearing step off is at 3pm, trying to wrangle "his [two] traffic guys and gals" to get them prepared for the march moving

#scanner Civil Affairs unit relaying information he received about the march's route

#scanner Civil Affairs Captain assigning a bike team to both sides of the march

#scanner Civil Affairs checking in at N Lee and E Willard for a Justice for Eddie Irizarry rally

#scanner Bike teams responsible for helping with traffic and ensuring no vandalism occurs along the march

#scanner City Hall closures going into effect

#scanner Protest is about to step off

#scanner MIRT supervisor inquiring if there is a police drone up, units have eyes on the operator of the drone and are planning to ask them to stop flying it

#scanner March is stepping off now, traffic closures moving into place

#scanner Chants can be heard in the background of the radio calls made by the Civil Affairs unit at the front of the protest

#scanner Traffic lights are out in all directions at 11 and Market, making traffic direction even harder. Use caution approaching this intersection.