Protesters against federal government policies, financing and the killing last week of a woman in Minneapolis gathered over the weekend at multiple sites in Northwest Philadelphia, part of a national campaign organized by Indivisible and other organizations. At Germantown Avenue and Bethlehem Pike in Chestnut Hill, one group said it chose to protest outside Citizens Bank because it finances two private prison companies, including one that owns the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County, being used as a detention facility by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). …
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Protesters against federal government policies, financing and the killing last week of a woman in Minneapolis gathered over the weekend at multiple sites in Northwest Philadelphia, part of a national campaign organized by Indivisible and other organizations. At Germantown Avenue and Bethlehem Pike in Chestnut Hill, one group said it chose to protest outside Citizens Bank because it finances two private prison companies, including one that owns the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County, being used as a detention facility by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Another group estimated at 250 people protested outside Cathedral Village, at Ridge Avenue and Cathedral Road in Andorra, joined by state Rep. Tarik Khan. And nearly 70 people gathered outside the Unitarian Society of Germantown on Lincoln Drive, protesting the U.S. attack on Venezuela.
Photos by Peter Lehu, Barbara Dundon and Mary Kalyna
