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Some Thoughts on Monday Night’s Fishtown Nonsense

Kevin Kinkead

By Kevin Kinkead

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Photo from a neighborhood Facebook page

The fallout from George Floyd’s murder spilled into Fishtown last night, where some guys armed with baseball bats stood outside the police station to defend the neighborhood from a reported Antifa gathering, then the situation started to quickly unravel. A WHYY journalist was beaten up and there were some scuffles and tangles with counter-protesters and other neighborhood residents.

There’s way too much to type, but I live two blocks from where this entire thing started, so I just recorded a video with some thoughts:

Time’s yours.

Kevin Kinkead

Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com

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