Philly police stood by as men with baseball bats ‘protected’ Fishtown. Some residents were assaulted and threatened.
“We tolerated it last night for too long, and that was a mistake," Mayor Jim Kenney said Tuesday.
A group, who called themselves old-time Fishtowners, walk west on Girard Avenue carrying bats, hammers and shovels. The men said they believed they were protecting their neighborhood in the event looters or rioters showed up in Fishtown.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer
