's shooting death was maddeningly familiar but the decades of trauma that West Philadelphia has endured, made it much more painful. Hundreds of demonstrators have marched this week in West Philadelphia over the death of Walter Wallace Jr. Some of the remaining members settled into a rowhouse in West Philadelphia, just six blocks from where Wallace was shot last week. Flames spread after police dropped a bomb on May 13, 1985 in West Philadelphia, destroying 61 homes. Families in West Philadelphia had already been mourning before Wallace was killed last week.

Source: CNN November 01, 2020 10:07 UTC