This just happened two hours ago 2 blocks away from where I work. And my job is workers compensation case manager, for the City of Philadelphia's Police Department. This is hitting me hard. 
Yes, I agree that the pharmaceutical industry is making huge profits while so many people cannot afford health care...but this is no way to protest. 
Officer Dies Following Protest
PHILADELPHIA-June 21, 2005 — A Philadelphia police officer who was hurt trying to make arrests during protests in Philadelphia has died. Protestors are demonstrating against a major bio-tech conference in Center City. Sources tell Action News that some of the radical organizations were threatening violence today.
The protest was at 12th and Arch streets in Philadelphia. Officer Paris Williams, 52, was kicked by at least one of the protestors after falling to the ground. He was an 18-year veteran of the police force and a father of 2.
Philadelphia police commissioner Sylvester Johnson was heading to North Carolina. He had his plane turned around came back to Philadelphia because of Williams' death. Johnson says it may have been a heart attack, but the exact cause of death will be determined by an autopsy.
The incident that preceded Williams' death happened just outside the Pennsylvania convention center at about 12:45pm.
Homicide detectives are now investigating the case.
Police sources say the anarchists are in Philadelphia, but they know where they are staying and they know what they are planning.
At noon, protestors were starting to rally at Love Park. Just before noon, Chopper 6 spotted protestors crowding the intersection of 16th and Arch.
Philadelphia police are showing a big presence throughout the city today.
Demonstrators will gather at a handful of locations. They started with a rally outside GlaxoSmithKline headquarters. Later, they'll demonstrate outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Medics put Officer Paris Williams into an ambulance after he was hurt during a scuffle with protestors in Center City.
They are targeting what they call huge profits at the expense of affordable health care. Others are upset with what they call tampering with the food supply.
The protesters vowed to tie up Center City traffic to get their point across.
There is a threat from a more radical contingent to use violence, including Molotov cocktails. The police are out in force to make sure that doesn't happen.
Later, the protesters are threatening to crash the party at the Convention Center. That's were 18,000 people have gathered for the Biotechnology Industry Organization convention.
The police have extra personnel on standby there and will have a show of force at the Art Museum tonight.
That's the site of a dinner gala for conventioneers, and the protesters have made that a target as well.
Yes, I agree that the pharmaceutical industry is making huge profits while so many people cannot afford health care...but this is no way to protest. Officer Dies Following Protest
PHILADELPHIA-June 21, 2005 — A Philadelphia police officer who was hurt trying to make arrests during protests in Philadelphia has died. Protestors are demonstrating against a major bio-tech conference in Center City. Sources tell Action News that some of the radical organizations were threatening violence today.
The protest was at 12th and Arch streets in Philadelphia. Officer Paris Williams, 52, was kicked by at least one of the protestors after falling to the ground. He was an 18-year veteran of the police force and a father of 2.
Philadelphia police commissioner Sylvester Johnson was heading to North Carolina. He had his plane turned around came back to Philadelphia because of Williams' death. Johnson says it may have been a heart attack, but the exact cause of death will be determined by an autopsy.
The incident that preceded Williams' death happened just outside the Pennsylvania convention center at about 12:45pm.
Homicide detectives are now investigating the case.
Police sources say the anarchists are in Philadelphia, but they know where they are staying and they know what they are planning.
At noon, protestors were starting to rally at Love Park. Just before noon, Chopper 6 spotted protestors crowding the intersection of 16th and Arch.
Philadelphia police are showing a big presence throughout the city today.
Demonstrators will gather at a handful of locations. They started with a rally outside GlaxoSmithKline headquarters. Later, they'll demonstrate outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Medics put Officer Paris Williams into an ambulance after he was hurt during a scuffle with protestors in Center City.
They are targeting what they call huge profits at the expense of affordable health care. Others are upset with what they call tampering with the food supply.
The protesters vowed to tie up Center City traffic to get their point across.
There is a threat from a more radical contingent to use violence, including Molotov cocktails. The police are out in force to make sure that doesn't happen.
Later, the protesters are threatening to crash the party at the Convention Center. That's were 18,000 people have gathered for the Biotechnology Industry Organization convention.
The police have extra personnel on standby there and will have a show of force at the Art Museum tonight.
That's the site of a dinner gala for conventioneers, and the protesters have made that a target as well.
YEAH! About the only time you have to worry about riots around here is if one of our sports teams wins a championship! 
Even the protests when the G8 summit was here years ago weren't that bad...at least there weren't any deaths.
