Yet again, a few bad actors are ravaging a city and looting it under the guise of protesting a criminal who met his demise at the hands of police, who he lunged at with a knife.
Law-abiding citizens watched in exasperation as videos of these vandals pillaging stores unchecked, with police appearing very slow to intervene. Eventually, law enforcement got its act together and began making arrests.
From USA Today:
Philadelphia police arrested more than 50 people after multiple stores, including Apple, in the Center City area were ransacked Tuesday night following the gathering of a large crowd that, at one point, grew to about 100 young adults and teenagers, authorities said.
The looting began within a half hour after the conclusion of a peaceful protests in downtown Philadelphia over a judge’s decision on Tuesday to dismiss charges against Mark Dial, a former Philadelphia police officer who fatally shot Eddie Irizarry.
The shooting of Irizarry drew national attention after body camera footage contradicted the initial police account, which purported that the 27-year-old lunged at officers with a knife. Charges against Dial were refiled hours after the judge dismissed the case.
While there's nothing amusing about this destruction and chaos, one moment did stand out as ironically humorous. A group of looters made off with iPhones and iPads, only to be quite shaken when they discovered that all the Apple devices they'd stolen were equipped with ear-piercing alarms. Ha ha ha!
the looters in philly upset that their iphones and ipads got bricked by apple pic.twitter.com/BpQ5zPj3bV
— Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) September 28, 2023
Talk about a dose of instant karma, right? Let's also hope Apple enabled geo-tagging on those devices, so law enforcement can swiftly locate and apprehend these thieves. Given that Apple products don't come cheap, these culprits could be looking at some serious jail time.
