protesters charged with killing cop at biotech/skateboard demo

by philly.imc

Wed, Jun 22, 2005 8:22PM

Look at the updated newswire at Philadelphia IMC. A biotech Industry conference which was held in San Francisco last year was held in Philadelphia this week, and received a similar protest due to ethical/economic concerns. Yesterday, skateboarders were holding a convergence, and decided to have a parade/protest by skating in Love Park where it had been banned. A police officer who hadn't been in the center of a small conflict suffered a heart attack and died in the stressful situation, and four protesters are being charged.

http://www.phillyimc.org/en/index.shtml

Many details coming in. It isn't clear how many were arrested as of this evening, but this report makes clear that murder charges are being applied. There is also a video of the police pushing the crowd from a news helicopter: http://www.nbc10.com/news/4640083/detail.html

For more information: http://www.phillyimc.org/en/index.shtml

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