THE LATE NIGHT CHAOS AS POLICE
OFFICERS ARE INJURED TRYING TO
BREAKUP A LARGE CROWD ON BROAD
STREET.
GOOD EVENING I'M AZIZA SHULER.
OFFICIALS SAY AS MANY AS 500
PEOPLE WERE IN THAT CROWD.
MADELINE WRIGHT OBTAINED VIDEO
OF THE BEDLAM Z.
>>REPORTER: CELL PHONE VIDEO
SHOWS TWO PEOPLE HANGING OUT OF
A CAR DOING DOUGHNUTS AT BROAD
AND THOMPSON STREETS IN NORTH
PHILADELPHIA.
WHILE TWO OTHER PEOPLE STOOD ON
THE STREET RECORDING THE
DANGEROUS STUNT.
IT HAPPENED AROUND 1:30 SUNDAY
MORNING AS A LARGE CROWD
GATHERED AT THE INTERSECTION AND
AT A NEARBY GAS STATION.
NOAH SAW THE WHOLE THING FROM
HIS BALCONY
>> AND THIS ENTIRE STREET BLOCK
WAS COLORED WITH KIDS.
THERE'S LIKE RACING GOING ON AND
PEOPLE ARE DOING WHEELLIES ON
THE INTERSECTIONS.
AND IT KIND OF JUST LIKE GREW
FROM THERE.
>>REPORTER: RESIDENTS SAY AS IT
STARTED AS PARTY ON ROOFTOP OF
APARTMENT BUILDING.
SOMEBODY PULL ADD FIRE ALARM.
CROWD MIGRATED TO GAS STATION
NEXT DOOR
>> PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GET
IN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE.
YEAH.
>>REPORTER: THE SITUATION GOT
OUT OF CONTROL WHEN THE CROWD
BEGAN BLOCKING THE INTERSECTION.
NEARBY RESIDENTS CALLED 911.
DOZENS OF POLICE OFFICERS
ARRIVED TO BREAK UP THE CROWD.
CELL PHONE VIDEO SHOWS SEVERAL
PEOPLE BEING DETAINED
>> I SAW THE ONE OF THE
OFFICERS GET PUSHED DOWN.
AND THEN LIKE ALL THE OTHER
OFFICERS SURROUNDING HIM AND
WAITING FOR THE AMBULANCE TO
COME.
THEY LIFTED HIM INTO THE
AMBULANCE.
>>REPORTER: POLICE SAY WHILE
DISBURSING THE CROWD WAS OFFICER
WAS STRUCK BY A VEEVENLG HE WAS
TAKE TONE A HOSPITAL WITH A
TWO OTHER OFFICERS WERE TREATED
ON SCENE FOR MINOR INJURIES.
POLICE SAY THIS WAS ONE OF FIVE
INCIDENTS SATURDAY NIGHT
INVOLVING LARGE CROWDS AND CAR
MEET UPS.
>> WHAT'S REALLY SAD IS THE
YOU SAY STORMED TO THIS
>> POLICE UNION PRESIDENT JOHN
MCNESBY SAID INCIDENTS LIKE
THESE ARE A CHALLENGE FOR WHAT
HE SAYS IS SHORT STAFFED
DEPARTMENT
>> WE'RE 14, 1500 OFFICERS
DOWN.
WE START TO GET THEM NUMBERS
BACK AND INCREASE THE ROLES OF
THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE
DEPARTMENT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO
HANDLE THINGS LIKE.
SEARCHING FOR THE DRIVER OF THE
CAR THAT HIT THE OFFICER IN.
NORTH PHILLY MADELEINE WRIGHT
"CBS NEWS PHILADELPHIA"
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