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Mostly peaceful throughout the day, the demonstrators faced police officers, National Guard troops and other forces.

Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration removed it overnight.

Calling out active duty troops to quell widespread unrest over the death of George Floyd is an option congressional Democrats are warning would only make matters worse.

“This is not the end,” Mayor Jim Kenney said, pointing to where the bronze statue once stood. “[Removing the statue] is not the be-all and end-all of where we need to go.”

WHYY reporters chronicle how protests, looting and the police response have escalated in Philly, taking us deep into what they've seen, heard and experienced on the ground.

Some in the department questioned why guidelines like this weren’t issued sooner.

Hundreds who’d gathered on I-676 scrambled to escape the noxious fumes.

In his first public appearance outside of Delaware in months, Biden said he would “seek to heal the racial wounds” in a speech from Philadelphia’s City Hall.

Back then, mayors had to invoke state law to keep residents inside.

Greater accountability for police action and recruitment aimed at attracting officers of color are urged by the elected officials.

The influx of donations follows a similar surge in Minneapolis.

We talk about the protests over police violence against black Americans, the political implications, the public reaction and what comes next.

The upbraiding from the White House didn't sit well with many governors, who have been busy responding to clashes between protesters and police in dozens of cities.

"I was outraged that he felt that he had the license to do that, and that he would abuse our sacred symbols and our sacred space in that way," Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde said.

Rodney Muhammad, president of the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP, talks about this past weekend of protests in response to the killing of George Floyd.