Mass looting is being reported all over Philadelphia tonight. There are accounts of Center City stores being cleaned out by looters, including Lululemon, the Apple Store, and a Foot Locker near the Liberty Bell:

According to a Twitter/X post from PhillyCrimeUpdate, emergency response switchboards are lit up with calls.

There are unconfirmed reports of looters livestreaming their crimes, monitoring police scanners, and coordinating their efforts on social media.

The looting is not confined to a single area:

Police in some areas of the city are not fooling around:

The looting is reportedly in response to murder charges against a cop who acted in self-defense during a traffic stop.

According to Fox29:

A judge has dismissed all charges, including a murder count, against Philadelphia Police Officer Mark Dial who shot and killed a driver as he sat inside his vehicle last month.

Philadelphia Municipal Judge Wendy Pew made her ruling Tuesday after watching video of the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry. The defense had asserted that Officer Mark Dial was acting in self-defense when he fired his weapon at close range through the rolled-up driver’s side window of Irizarry’s sedan during a vehicle stop on August 14….

…Irizarry’s family has said that Dial deserves a long prison sentence. The defense, meanwhile, has blasted Krasner’s decision to charge Dial with murder.

“When police officers ordered him to show his hands, he instead produced a weapon and pointed it at an armed police officer,” lawyer Brian McMonagle told reporters this month. “In no world (are) those facts murder.”

Not surprisingly, the District Attorney’s Office, headed by Soros-DA Larry Krasner, announced that it would appeal the decision. No doubt any criminals arrested tonight will be back on the streets without hours if not minutes. Just a few years ago, the Philadelphia City Council cut $33 million from the police budget.

PhillyCrimeUpdate is monitoring the police scanners. Listen live below: