CENTER CITY - All businesses in Philadelphia have been ordered to close immediately as police and city officials attempt to control the violent riots that broke out on Saturday and continued Sunday.
The Mayor's office says that businesses must finish fortifying their establishment in preparation for another night of destructive protests by 5 p.m.
A citywide curfew is set to take place at 6 p.m. on Sunday and expire at 6 a.m. Monday morning. The Mayor's office ordered all streets in Center City to be closed and the Ben Franklin Bridge shut down.
The once peaceful protests on Saturday morning turned violent by mid-afternoon, as people took to the streets in response to the police custody death of Minneapolis man George Floyd.