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The museum near Independence Hall and its Israeli flag display were vandalized with red paint twice last month.
A worker washes off red paint last month from the first vandalism on the “The Weitzman Stands with Israel” banner and Israeli flag on the side of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History on Independence Mall.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer
Philadelphia police on Tuesday said a 33-year-old South Jersey man has been charged in connection with two incidents last month of vandalizing the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History and its large Israeli flag display with red paint.
Leroy Hayes, of Woodbury, was charged with ethnic intimidation, criminal mischief, and possession of an instrument of crime, police said.
Hayes surrendered to police on Monday.
On Aug. 18, the Israeli flag and a white section beneath it that reads “The Weitzman Stands with Israel” on the west-facing wall were vandalized with red paint.
The museum had been planning to replace its entire Israeli flag display with a large “Bring Them Home Now” display to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas and to bring attention to the hostages who are still in captivity, a spokesperson for the Weitzman said last month.
A few days after the second incident, however, Dan Tadmor, president and CEO of the museum, issued a statement saying a version of the Israeli flag would remain as part of the building display.
Tadmor said the museum did not want to create “a perception that we were capitulating to vandals or had somehow walked back our position of unequivocal support for Israel and its people.”
Tadmor added: “As the nation’s Jewish museum, there can never be any misunderstanding as to our identity and positions: we are a proudly Jewish and proudly Zionist institution.”
Gov. Josh Shapiro said in a statement after the second vandalism incident:
“The Weitzman Museum is literally steps away from the birthplace of democracy and a symbol of liberty and justice for all. Antisemitic vandalism has no place there — or anywhere in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania — and must be universally condemned. Expressing views through acts of hate doesn’t further a cause.”
Press Statement: On the ongoing crackdown against West Papuan activists (27th August 2025)
The Merdeka West Papua Support Network strongly condemns the ongoing crackdown on democracy activists in Papua, today, Wednesday, 27 August, in the town of Sorong, following the unlawful transfer of four Papuan political prisoners to Makassar District Court — a clear violation of Article 85 of Indonesia’s Criminal Procedure Code.
Milk Tea Alliance Statement on the Brutality of Policing in Indonesia (29th August 2025)
A rail station tear-gassed, Affan Kurniawan killed by being run over by an armoured car protesters attacked with water cannons, batons, and the brutality of policing. Over 600 people have been arrested. That was just on the 28th of August in Jakarta, when thousands protested against excessive government pay. Yet it is not isolated, protests in Pati a few weeks earlier faced similar police violence, as did the protests against the TNI law earlier this year. This is not okay, the violence by the police and security forces has been brutal, excessive, and indiscriminate. Moreover, journalists have been attacked and media organisations threatened.
On the night of July 22 autonomous actors gathered in Center City to express their rage against borders. They took the streets. They marched for many blocks. Then they dispersed. Propaganda was distributed, trash got thrown onto the floor, some walls got themselves painted, and a police cruiser got itself vandalized. No arrests were made.
This demonstration was partly a response to the protests that have taken place over the last two years. We hope it showed that a protest may be called in the middle of the city in a way where the police cannot respond adequately. All that needs to be done is for the invitation to be shared in channels that are not being actively monitored by the police.
Borders will always be a way of controlling an inequitable distribution of capital, labor, and commodities. Borders will always be cruel and inhumane regardless of whether there’s a white or black president in charge. Peace under a state that is snatching people out of their homes and streets and sending them to concentration camps is another way of saying “collaboration”. Peaceful “resistance” in these conditions is little more than moral posturing.
No one is coming to save us. The time to act is now.
Thought y’all should know that the government contractor L3 Harris is hosting a job fair in Camden, NJ. They are a major government contractor that just recently landed a large ICE contract.
“L3Harris Technologies is a major U.S. defense contractor, L3 Harris has a $4.4 million contract to provide “equipment to determine the location of targeted mobile handsets to investigate crimes and threats” for ICE. ”
The address is: DoubleTree by Hilton Mt. Laurel: 515 Fellowship Rd, Mt Laurel Township, NJ 08054
2-6PM August 20th
Coasting off our excitement about autonomous self-organization, on the night of July 22nd we painted over all four cameras at Malcolm X Park. We want the park to stay the kind of place where people can meet and hang out without being surveilled, that’s why we took the game of Camover there. We’re holding in our hearts two people who have been accused of attacking ICE and policing and who were recently captured after being on the run, Jahki and Benjamin Song.
Solidarity with everyone fighting ICE and police!
Issuing a challenge to regional anarchist networks across turtle Island! ! Camover has hit Montreal, Philly, and now New Jersey.
Grab your crew, spread propaganda, make a call specific to your local counter info site/spread thru signal networks if not applicable and get in on the smashy fun! Don’t let your city be left behind or unnecessarily surveilled. Philly has its first confirmed kill, and the heat only is making people go harder.
If you don’t know the game or the rules, it’s about disabling CCTV cameras, in the name of community defense against police incursion into our daily lives. Between facial recognition and high powered cameras with zoom and pan features, masking up, good bloc, and getting rid of those goddamn things is all the more important. Not to mention ALPRs like Flock (ride your bike or walk while camera hunting)
the rules are simple: use any tools at your disposal, make sure it doesn’t work, and don’t get caught ! The level to which you make it not work is obviously time location and method dependent, but get creative and have fun. Let us soon gather anywhere we like, confident we aren’t being watched by our enemies, unless they get off their ass and come see us
With so much love and equal rage ~some East Coast transsexual anarchists
Move like our dead are still beside us. They are our greatest strength and wisdom
Philadelphia, PA — The increasing tempo of pro-immigrant, anti-ICE protests hit Philadelphia last week, and the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) has decided to crack down.
On Tuesday, June 10, and Saturday, June 14, autonomous protests were called outside of the Federal Detention Center (FDC), where up to 125 immigrant detainees can be held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Tuesday protest included 80-100 protesters, while the Saturday demonstration brought an estimated 300. Both marches were met with intense police response which resulted in injuries and arrests.
Unlike other cities, where police shot tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds, the Philadelphia Police Department dispersed marches with tools on hand: battering protesters with batons, corralling the crowd with bicycles and nearly running activists and journalists over with motorized dirt bikes.
This report covers how police repressed the June 10 and 14 demonstrations that roamed the northeast side of Center City — video from June 14 below.
June 10 Autonomous Demonstration: Philadelphia Police Arrest 15 Anti-ICE Protesters, Strike with Batons
Nationwide protests had taken off in solidarity against the recent militarized crackdowns and immigration sweeps in Los Angeles, as well as in objection to local ICE detentions. On the morning of June 10, ICE arrested at least one individual in South Philadelphia. Local activists also witnessed three detained in Kensington earlier that week.
In response to these detentions, an autonomous protest was called that morning to mobilize that afternoon. At 4 p.m., approximately 80-100 people congregated near the FDC at 7th and Arch Street and began chanting. A megaphone was passed among the crowd, and participants gave speeches about the Trump administration’s “fascist” immigration policies, as well as the interrelated struggle between domestic colonialism and the genocide in Gaza. (Local protesters also have been rallying weekly against one of Israel’s arms suppliers, Day & Zimmermann, on Spring Garden Street.)
Philadelphia police officers film protesters outside of the Federal Detention Center. Officers with cameras followed the entire march.
A march then began, trekking past the ICE field office and then down Market Street, taking the prominent throughway. At the end of the second lap, police began pressuring the protest and at 6:44 p.m., issued a order to disperse. The Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) then flanked the crowd in an attempted kettle, struck several people with batons and arrested 15.
Immigrants rights protesters march in Philadelphia on June 10, 2025.
Activists marched around the block to the ICE field office, looped back to the FDC, and then took another lap onto Market Street.
Several protesters used bikes to define the march’s perimeter, acting in sync during the protest. On the second return to FDC Philadelphia, tensions escalated between Philly PD bike patrol and the bike brigade activists. They faced off closely and argued for some time.
One protester from the bike brigade explained:
“From my perspective, the bikers present maintained control and effectively managed the situation, preventing a rush. This strategic positioning, I believe, was not favored by the police, leading to their attempt to accelerate matters. I also heard from someone that there was communication over the scanner indicating an intent to arrest the bikers, and myself. Our actions were entirely within legal bounds; we were simply employing strategic measures to maintain a safe distance and manage the situation effectively.”
Bike patrol officers stand close to marchers on June 10, 2025.
After the protest returned to the FDC, two bike cops were isolated by the crowd in front of the detention center. While activists and police exchanged verbal insults, at least one person in the crowd advised others to make sure that police could retreat from the cornered situation.
Protesters congregate outside the Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia on June 10, 2025.
By this time, tensions were high. While there was no evidence of spray painted graffiti or significant property damage on the facility, a message was written onto one of the windows appearing to say “FUCK ICE.”
The Federal Detention Center in Philadelphia on June 10, 2025, with “FUCK ICE” written on a window.
At approximately 6:44 p.m., the police issued an initial dispersal order, declaring the march “unlawful.”
The PPD then pressured protesters to keep moving, issuing a third dispersal order by 6:51 p.m. However, these declarations were not easily audible — our contributor could not hear them on site. An increased presence of officers, prepared with batons and riot gear, began following the protesters from behind.
Police officers with bicycles follow the march in Philadelphia on June 10, 2025, after it was declared an “unlawful assembly.”
Philadelphia Police officers, including some in riot gear, tail the anti-ICE march behind the bike cops on June 10, 2025.
At around 7 p.m., police announced via their radios that they were planning arrests.
When the march reached Market St., police began to clash with protesters.
A police captain gives commands to protesters while flanked by officers on June 10, 2025.
Officers use batons to shove the crowd, with the Philadelphia Police captain giving commands, on June 10, 2025.
“They held the line when we got to Market Street. And they scared people. And, what do scared people do? They run. But then [the cops] started beating people,” one protester recounts. “There was no way out, so you had to run through or cower and hope they didn’t hurt you. If you ran, they tried to beat you.”
A Philadelphia Police officer chases a protester while brandishing his baton on June 10, 2025.
Philadelphia Police officers clash with, strike and arrest protesters on Market Street on June 10, 2025.
A Philadelphia Police officer uses baton to slam a pro-immigrant activist against a police car on June 10, 2025.
Philadelphia Police officers hold a protester on the ground on June 10, 2025, using batons to push into the protester’s neck.
Philadelphia Police surround a photographer and command him to move on June 10, 2025.
Philadelphia Police officers congregate after arresting protesters on June 10, 2025. Several detainees were lined up along the wall.
Fifteen people were arrested. Fourteen were hit with disorderly conduct, which is a ticketed offense called a CVN in Philadelphia. (There were press reports of another charge of aggravated assault but this has not been confirmed as of press time.)
As of 10 p.m. on June 11, additional barricades were placed around the FDC and its large window facade was boarded up.
June 14 Autonomous Demonstration: Protesters Flee Attacking Bike Cops via Holiday Inn Express
Liberal groups returned to Philly to host the “No Kings” national flagship rally on June 14 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; messages against ICE policy were a major theme. Facing light rain at 2 p.m., much of the 80,000 person crowd began drifting back towards City Hall from the art museum.
Shortly after, an autonomous demonstration against ICE gathered again near the FDC around 6 p.m. with a message in solidarity with the revolt by ICE detainees in Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, which is operated by the GEO Group. Last Friday, the Department of Homeland Security claimed four people escaped by knocking over an outer wall after an uprising among ICE detainees Thursday evening was spurred by a lack of food.
Philadelphia Police Department officers lined up outside the Federal Detention Center on June 14, 2025, some with riot gear.
Two masked federal police officers near the William Green Federal Building in Philadelphia on June 14, 2025.
Police scanners noted that the Philly PD shadowed some roaming protest groups earlier in the afternoon, as some “No Kings” protest participants joined into the autonomous gathering. Before the 6 p.m. protest began, dozens of cops stationed in groups around the FDC. Dirt bike police staged nearby on Broad Street, and sanitation trucks blocked street traffic around the FDC.
“Ice An Agent” message stitched on a cloth banner.
Shortly after the march began, over 100 Philly Police quickly corralled the protest to stop it from heading down 7th Street towards the highway. The group instead marched into Center City towards the Fashion District as bike cops followed.
Philadelphia bike police navigate around a plastic jersey barrier on the sidewalk.
The anti-ICE march snaked around northeast Center City. At 12th and Walnut there was a scuffle, after protesters repurposed plastic jersey barriers to obstructed bike police following the march. Officers had to push these out of way. Then, officers began to grab march participants with masks and umbrellas. Unicorn Riot saw what appeared to be several successful de-arrests.
A Philadelphia Police officer yells at protesters as he’s held back by his superior on June 14, 2025.
At 13th and Walnut, at about 7 p.m., after the conflict over barricades, police attacked the crowd and kettled it at the intersection. Some protesters then ran through the Holiday Inn Express garage. Police with bicycles lined up to cut off garage access, splitting the crowd. PPD ordered people to leave while they had everyone surrounded, and eventually let some march away while issuing dispersal orders.
This time around, the police had added dirt bike-type motorcycles to their arsenal. Philly Police on motorbikes nearly ran over people’s feet repeatedly, repeatedly zooming across a block to come within an inch or so of striking our reporter as well as a small handful of protesters leaving the area.
Once again there were arrests and injuries — legal observers tell us there were approximately seven arrests. One person was released immediately, two the following evening. By Sunday evening, June 15th, everyone was known to be released by 6 p.m.
Future ICE Activity Expected in Philadelphia
Philadelphia may see more militarized ICE actions soon. Detentions of immigrants have continued regularly around Philadelphia and its suburbs.
“The World is Watching” written with sidewalk chalk on the street in front of the FDC.
Videos showed a large confrontation at the intersection of 11th and Market Streets around 7 p.m.
Philadelphia police clash with activists at 11th and Markets Streets during a protest over rumors of Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests within the city and in solidarity with protesters in Los Angeles.
Two Philadelphia police officers suffered minor injuries and 15 protesters were arrested after a physical confrontation erupted during a march denouncing deportations Tuesday evening in Center City, police said.
Two protesters also reported minor injuries and received medical treatment, police said.
Video showed a confrontation at the intersection of 11th and Market Streets with police arresting at least one masked man, who was held down on the ground with the officer’s knee, while other officers used bicycles to push protesters away.
Another video showed at least three officers struggle to pull down another man they apparently were trying to arrest. One officer with a bullhorn struck the man several times in the legs with a baton and the man fell to the ground.
“Several officers employed force while making arrests. Consistent with Philadelphia Police Department policy, every use of force has been documented and will undergo a review to ensure compliance with departmental guidelines,” the department said in a statement late Tuesday night.
“The Philadelphia Police Department supports the public’s right to lawful, peaceful protest. We remain committed to facilitating First Amendment activity while protecting public safety and maintaining order on city streets,” the department said.
Around 4 p.m., about 50 people gathered for an “emergency action” at the Federal Detention Center at Seventh and Arch Streets after rumors about multiple arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the city spread online. ICE did not immediately return requests for comment.
Immigrant rights group Juntos confirmed one ICE arrest in South Philadelphia at about 7 a.m. Tuesday, adding the group had connected the person to the Mexican Consulate for legal support.
The crowd drew honks and cheers from evening commuters, and after growing in size began marching.
Police said at some point there were 150 demonstrators.
The group marched to the offices of ICE at Eighth and Cherry Street, then returned to the Federal Detention Center, police said.
Then, according to police, there was a second march that began disrupting traffic and allegedly endangered public safety.
Then police grabbed another person and repeatedly struck them with a baton while arresting them. pic.twitter.com/MRnuBoZJeE
Police said they issued orders to disperse three times. The protesters allegedly ignored the orders and continued blocking traffic while confronting officers.
Around 7 p.m., police attempted to make arrests and the “crowd’s behavior escalated, becoming violent and extremely disorderly.”
Besides the 15 arrests, including one for alleged felony aggravated assault on an officer, police said one of their vehicles was vandalized with spray paint.
One immigration advocate, who declined to give his name, said those arrested were unclear on what they did wrong.
“Police pushed them for six or seven blocks,” he said. “They declared it an illegal assembly.”
President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown led to violent clashes in the Los Angeles area after large numbers of heavily geared officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended on several locations to detain people.
Protester Marie Conti, 80, right, talks with another protester at Seventh and Arch Streets, in Philadelphia, June 10, 2025.Jessica Griffin / Staff Photographer
“It was a peaceful protest and then they started throwing people to the ground,” said Dresden Diaz, of Center City. “The attacks were vicious.”
One woman, who declined to give her name citing fear of police reprisal, said she joined the protesters after work because she thinks the immigration enforcement in Los Angeles and the Trump administration’s subsequent use of the National Guard to quell peaceful protests is “disgusting.”
“Immigrants make up this country, our families are immigrants,” said another woman.
Around 8:30 p.m., a small group of protesters returned to the Federal Detention Center. No other incidents were reported.
Around Pennsylvania, immigration advocates and ICE reported increased enforcement sweeps.
More than 20 people in Norristown have been taken into custody by ICE since the start of the month.
As of the week of June 2, 2025, Cherry Hill police remote camera centers have been spotted at the Cherry Hill Home Depot located at 2160 Route 70 West.
The police camera set up is positioned in the middle of the parking lot in front of the store.
Any explanation from the police, state, corporate entities, or the mainstream media about the camera system should be assessed with extreme caution as it is likely dubious. Community members in the area have expressed concern about the camera’s purpose as it doesn’t match the store or police’s response for “loss prevention”. Home Depot store policy dictates they do not actively pursue potential shoplifters and instead utilize their own in-store cameras and the police to catch people after the fact.
The Cherry Hill police have a long history of collaboration with ICE, with ICE even having a former field office located in Cherry Hill, NJ. Currently ICE operates 25 official field offices across the United States, two of which are in driving distance located in Newark, NJ and Philadelphia, PA. ICE also operates several sub-field offices across the state of NJ including one in Mt. Laurel which is located near Cherry Hill.
Any police camera centers, especially around places the federal government has deemed as heavily trafficked by undocumented immigrants, should be treated with caution and reported to area antifascists.
If you were bummed to miss a talk on police tactics, there’s another chance! Join us again for a brief lecture and a collective discussion about how police relate to and suppress protest movements. By looking at police tactics to street action and civil disorder, how can we better develop our own priorities and anticipate police response to movements for liberation?
Our aim will be to understand the logics behind how cops roll up on protests. Using authorities’ own playbooks as a starting point, we will build a top level picture of how states operate, and we will look at how that manifests to police tactics on the ground. Expect some discussion of state violence and police brutality.
This panel event and discussion brings together several anarchists and other individuals who’ve caught charges in Philadelphia and beyond from 2017 to the present. We’ll go over the charges, legal process, and outcomes of each case; discuss how local support for the defendants worked; and reflect on the trauma and hardships incurred by repression and how we can continue to build a broader culture of anti-repression in Philadelphia.
There were 10 arrests and 29 summons for disorderly conduct issued by Philadelphia Police during the raucous celebration of the Eagles’ Super Bowl win Sunday night, police said.
Six people were arrested for six assaults on police officers, said department spokesperson Sgt. Eric Gripp. There were four other arrests: one for reckless endangerment, two for aggravated assault, and one for misdemeanor disorderly conduct, he said.
There were also eight reports of vandalism, said Gripp.
Despite calls from Mayor Cherelle L. Parker to not climb poles or anything else and to celebrate safely, some of the massive crowds of people that took to the streets after the Eagles won their second Super Bowl, caused mayhem.
Multiple people climbed light poles along Broad Street. Crowds tried to flip a police vehicle at Broad and Chestnut Streets. More than a dozen people danced on top of a medic vehicle. A group of people took towels out from a truck at 12th and Market Streets and started setting them on fire.
Found on Mainstream Media
[Unmentioned in the article: graffiti in support of Palestine, against police, and for political prisoners.]
