00:00 Groups of teenagers ransacked an Apple store in the USS Philadelphia on Tuesday, looting
00:11 iPhones, iPads and other products, stuffing them into plastic bags before fleeing.
00:16 The teens, reportedly more than 100 in number, also attacked other stores before the police
00:21 showed up.
00:22 An Apple store was hit at about 8 p.m. local time on Tuesday, and the police chased fleeing
00:27 teenagers who raided the shop, recovering dropped iPhones and a pile of iPads at one
00:32 spot.
00:33 Videos of the incident shared on social media show police officers trying to grab the looters
00:37 in Halloween masks as they run riot through the stores.
00:40 The clips are now going viral.
00:43 By midnight on Wednesday morning, law enforcement had confirmed the arrest of between 15 to
00:47 20 individuals involved in the looting, and they had recovered at least two firearms.
00:52 Videos shared on social media depict scenes of retail stores like Lululemon, the Apple
00:56 store and Foot Locker being overrun by hundreds of masked looters.
01:00 Videos of looted Apple stores show iPhones and iPads scattered across display tables.
01:05 Reports suggest that many of the stolen Apple products were eventually abandoned due to
01:09 their anti-theft features.
01:12 According to the Enquirer, the city's acting police commissioner John Stanford said that
01:16 young people involved appeared to have coordinated the raids using social media and a caravan
01:21 of cars was moving around the location in the city and breaking into shops.
01:25 The flash mob-style ransacking followed an earlier peaceful protest in the city over
01:30 a judge's decision on Tuesday to dismiss murder and other charges against a Philadelphia police
01:34 officer who shot dead a driver, Eddie Rezari, through a car window.
01:40 Several police commanders said the looting was not connected to earlier demonstrations
01:43 over the judge's decision.
01:45 The shop raids occurred on the same day that U.S. budget retailer Target announced that
01:50 it would close nine stores in four states, including one in New York's East Harlem neighborhood
01:55 and three in San Francisco Bay Area, saying that theft and organized retail crime have
01:59 threatened the safety of its workers and customers.
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