City Manager Brian Abernathy provides update on violent protests in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA - District Attorney Larry Krasner has made a strong statement about the presence of the controversial Frank Rizzo located statue near City Hall.
Krasner made it clear after the statue was defaced Saturday that it had no place being memorialized in Philadelphia. "So long as this monument to racist, unaccountable governance stands, we cannot achieve the justice and lasting peace we claim to seek.
The Frank Rizzo statue should never have been erected, and should have been removed long ago," Krasner tweeted Monday morning.
On Sunday, Mayor Jim Kenney announced that Philadelphia would accelerate plans to move a statue of former Philadelphia Mayor