Protests erupt in Philadelphia after police fatally shoot Black man | DW News

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The US city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has seen a second night of protest after the killing of a Black man by police on Monday. 27-year-old Walter Wallace Junior was shot by police after they said he refused to drop a knife. Wallace’s family say they had called for an ambulance, not police, to get help with what they called a mental health crisis.

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