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Crowds of teens allegedly ransack stores in Philadelphia

Police say groups of teens swarmed into stores across Philadelphia in an apparently coordinated effort to steal merchandise.

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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER VIA AP

iPhones sit on the counter of a damaged Apple Store Wednesday morning, Sept. 27, in Philadelphia. A flash mob-style ransacking and vandalism to downtown stores Tuesday night came after a peaceful protest over a judge’s decision to dismiss murder and other charges against a Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed a driver, Eddie Irizarry, through a rolled-up window.
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People stand outside an Apple Store in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 27, after it was ransacked the previous evening. Police say groups of teenagers swarmed into stores across Philadelphia in an apparently coordinated effort, stuffed bags with merchandise and fled.
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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER VIA AP

Philadelphia Police sit outside the Lululemon store on Wednesday morning, Sept. 27, in Philadelphia.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

A worker posts a sign on the door of a ransacked Lululemon store in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 27.
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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER VIA AP

The Curaleaf dispensary sits damaged where a car was used to the rip off the front doors on Tuesday, Sept. 26, in Philadelphia.
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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER VIA AP

A retail shop was damaged, Wednesday, Sept. 27, Philadelphia.
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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER VIA AP

A Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board retail store is vandalized during the early morning hours on Wednesday, Sept. 27, in Philadelphia.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

People view a ransacked liquor store in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 27.
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Shown is the aftermath of ransacked liquor store in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 27.
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Shown is the aftermath of a ransacked liquor store in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Sept. 27.
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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER VIA AP

Debris and damage sit outside SunRay Drugs Wednesday morning, Sept. 27, in Philadelphia, after it was looted Tuesday night.

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