America Is a Horror Movie: As Philadelphia’s Independence Day celebrations came to an end, a large crowd gathered to see fireworks.
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However, the celebrations came to an abrupt end at about 9:50 p.m. when two security officers on duty at the Philadelphia Museum of Art were shot.
As a result of the gunfire on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, social media users recorded the terror as people fled the violence by running for many blocks in all directions.
Along with a video showing the pandemonium on the ground as the fireworks kept shooting into the night sky, a Twitter user said, “America is a horror movie.”
In a subsequent film, individuals are seen watching fireworks, including a toddler on an adult’s shoulders, before the throng goes into a state of fear and starts to escape.
According to Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw, the two cops were treated for graze wounds and then released from the hospital.
At a Tuesday morning press conference, Outlaw informed the media that there were no suspects in custody.
The mayor of Philadelphia, Jim Kenney, spoke next to her and denounced the Supreme Court’s ruling on June 23 to strike down a New York gun law that prohibited open carry of firearms.
Kenney said, “We live in America and we have the Second Amendment and the Supreme Court of the United States telling everyone they can carry a gun wherever they wаnt.
The weather wаs beautiful, the concert was beautiful, but we hаve those things telling everyone they can carry a gun wherever they wаnt.” when a reporter asked him about people being frightened to visit Philadelphia.
“We must acknowledge the nation’s current value. Except for the idiot who had a pistol and probably shouldn’t have had one and who either shot out a window or at something, it was a beautiful day outside today. This is a gun-country. Ad absurdum. We are the least secure and most militarized nation in recorded history.
Kenney went on to say that he worries every time a city event occurs.
“I didn’t like the Fourth of July, the Democratic National Convention, or the NFL Draft. I wait for something bad to happen all the time, he admitted. So I’ll be happy when I’m not around—when I’m not mayor and can enjoy certain things.
His remarks were in response to a shooting that occurred earlier on Monday at a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb and left at least 30 people injured and at least six people dead.
According to the authorities, a shooter on a rooftop opened firing on the parade in Highland Park minutes after it had begun, sending horrified parents, children, and farmers screaming for shelter.
Other July 4 celebrations all throughout the country were marred by a fear of gun violence.
In Orlando, Florida, thousands of people had gathered to see fireworks around Lake Eola, but something forced them to leave the area.
“Absolutely frightful folks are fleeing from @LAKEEOL PARK. This is the society we live in now, a Twitter user commented beside a video of people running away from the lake.
Police in Orlando later stated, No evidence of a shooting nearby existed, and the panic had been caused by “a noise during the fireworks show.”
Similar occurrences occurred in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where fireworks spectators reportedly fled the area out of concern for their safety.
The incidents, in the opinion of Brián Hárrell, a former assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security who is currently a consultant for Shooter Detection Systems, show how there is more violence every day in the United States, necessitating the need for the government to always be prepared for the worst.
He declared that domestic terrorism and gun violence are not unheard of in small-town America, even in the most revered parades.
Another example of why state, local, and federal officials should always be prepared for the worst.
“In order to address access difficulties, examine mental health concerns, and always incorporate security planning and response, we must use all of the resources at our disposal, from readiness and training to new technology that enable faster detection and response. Another gloomy day in America.
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