October 18, 2022 11:15am EDT
Philadelphia police attacked by ATV, dirt-bike riders who hurled bricks and bottles at officers
'This has to stop,' one Philadelphia elected official said
By Stephanie Pagones | Fox News
A group of violent Philadelphia ATV drivers was caught on video attacking police by throwing bricks and bottles at the officers before fleeing the scene, police said.
The group unleashed its assault on police just one day after a Republican city councilman accused the administration of Mayor Jim Kenney, a Democrat, of instructing officers "not to enforce the law."
The Philadelphia Police Department shared video on Tuesday showing "a large group of people riding dirt bikes and ATV’s" around a gas station near Delaware Avenue and Spring Garden Street, police said.
According to police, a dirt bike rider initially crashed a vehicle near the gas pumps and ran off. Investigators later determined the bike had been reported stolen from New Jersey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT7OCaA0OZM&ab_channel=PhiladelphiaPoliceHowever, the situation then devolved further, police said.
"As officers attempted to secure the stolen dirt bike the crowd began to circle the officers while throwing bricks, bottles and other objects at them," Philadelphia Police said. "One marked police vehicle was kicked repeatedly and had it’s (sic) windshield broken with brick before the group fled the area."
Video footage shows the chaos unfolding – with one ATV driver doing donuts near the gas pumps as a dirt bike rider approaches and hurls an object at a police vehicle.
Police body camera video shows the crime from a different view, as sirens can be heard in the background.
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