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Citywide curfew in effect tonight (Friday) starting at 9 p.m.

October 30, 2020

After one-day break (no curfew on Thursday), a citywide curfew has been declared for Philadelphia again starting tonight (Oct. 30) at 9 p.m. and ending at 6 a.m. on Saturday. During this time, residents are allowed to leave their homes only to go to work, seek medical or emergency assistance, or drop off a mail-in ballot.

Heavier police presence can be seen this afternoon around 52nd Street in West Philadelphia. Also, as had been expected, the National Guard started arriving in the city today, following a few days of civil unrest as the result of the police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. on Monday:

Another protest is being planned for tomorrow at 12 p.m. at 61st and Locust, where Walter Wallace Jr. was shot and killed.

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