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Prominent Philly activist sentenced to a year in prison for overturning a police car during the 2020 protests

Anthony “Ant” Smith, a former social studies teacher and social justice organizer, helped flip a police car during the May 2020 racial justice protests in Center City.

Anthony Smith, aformer social studies teacher and West Philadelphia activist outside the James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse, on Tuesday.
Anthony Smith, aformer social studies teacher and West Philadelphia activist outside the James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse, on Tuesday.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer
    by Ellie Rushing
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