Philadelphians Call On City Leaders To Shift Funding From Police To Social Services

Matt Petrillo reports.

GRIDLOCK ARE EVIDENCED INGRIDLOCK ARE EVIDENCED IN EPTCENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA ANDSDMR I'M JOE BIDEN ACTIVISTSAGAIN SPILLED ON THE STREETSAND VISUALS FROM EARLIERREVEALED DOWNTOWN CENTER CITYSTREETS PACKED WITHSTREETS PACKED THOSEPROTESTING XT "EYEWITNESSNEWS" REPORTER MATT PETRILLOIS LIVER IN CENTER SIT YES, IMATT SGL JOE, GOOD EVENING XTSOME OF THOSE PROTESTERS ARESTILL MARCHING DOWN MARKETSTREET.

BEHIND ME ARE SOMETHAT PEELED OFF IN FRONT OFINDEPENDENCE HALL HERE XTTHERE'S SOME OF THOSE THATFLOODED THE STREETS AFTER APROTEST BEGAN ATPHILADELPHIA'S NEW POLICEHEADQUARTERS BROAD AND CALLOWE HILL STREETS IN SPRINGGARDEN XT CHOPPER 3 WITH WASABOVE THE SCENE EARLIER THISAFTERNOON ROUGHLY 3,000 PEOPLERALLYRALLIED THERE AND THEY'RECALLING ON CITY LEAD TORZDEFUND THE PHILADELPHIA POLICEDEPARTMENT AND WE ASKED THOSEPROTESTERS WHAT THAT MEANS TOTHEM SGLI DON'T THINK THEPOLICE FORCE SHOULD BE ABOLSHISHED I THINK THE SERVICESTHEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDESHOULD BE PUT IN BETTER PLACESIN THE COMMUNITY SDMR THEPOLICE OBVIOUSLY ARE FUNDEDWAY MORE THAN THEY NEED TO.WE NEED TO GET DIFFERENTSERVICES XT POLICE DON'T OFFERSOCIAL SERVICES IF THERE'S ADOMESTIC DISPUTE YOU DON'TNEED AN OFFICER TO SHOW UP ANDMAKE IT WORSE IF THE COP HADSCHOOLS THEY NEED TO CLEAN UPTHE SCHOOLS AND HAVE BETTEREDUCATION AND THAT WILLCLEANUP THE COMMUNITIES SGLAND THAT'S WHAT MANY OF THOSEDEMONSTRATORS AREEL AT THINGUS WHAT THEY SAY DEFUPTDPOLICE DEPARTMENT XT THEY'RESOT SAYING NOT TO ABOLISH IT,BUT FUNDING FOR POLICE TO MOVETO BETTER SERVE THEM AND ASFAR AS THE PROTESTS TODAY IT