Skip to content

The National Guard will be ‘part of the solution’ in Kensington, Cherelle Parker says

Dispatching militarized forces to Philadelphia would represent a significant shift in how the city enforces drug laws and violence.

The National Guard arrives at Philadelphia City Hall amid civil unrest sparked by the police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. in this October 2020 file photograph. Democratic nominee for mayor Cherelle Parker has said the Guard will be "part of the solution" in Kensington, where an open-air drug market has persisted for years.
The National Guard arrives at Philadelphia City Hall amid civil unrest sparked by the police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. in this October 2020 file photograph. Democratic nominee for mayor Cherelle Parker has said the Guard will be "part of the solution" in Kensington, where an open-air drug market has persisted for years.Read moreCHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer
    by Anna Orso
    Updated 
    Published