Wild video shows a mob of teenagers vandalizing a Philadelphia restaurant, knocking over tables, throwing chairs – and even throwing a bike – as violence mounts in the city.
The videotaped shooting at Zion Cuisine, a Jamaican restaurant in the Germantown neighborhood, had workers taking cover behind a locked door and safety glass, which was shattered by a chair thrown by one of the attackers.
Saturday’s viral video made the rounds on social media and showed a dozen or more teenagers entering the restaurant after some sort of confrontation.
A man who appears to be a laborer in Zion recoils and falls. He quickly gets to his feet and ducks behind a door with others while the teens come down and throw objects at him.
The attack caused the workers to take cover behind a locked door. NBC10
A person then throws a chair into a glass barrier in front of the cash register. Another throws a bike that seems to hit one of the others in the crowd.
“They shattered the glass, they broke my chairs, they trashed my fridge,” Zion’s owner told NBC 10 Philadelphia. “It may be small stuff, but it costs a lot.”
“We haven’t done anything to anyone other than open a restaurant trying to make a living and trying to provide a service,” added the owner, who asked not to be named. “No one expects them to do business to trash their home.”
This is because the crime rate has increased in Philly and many other cities. NBC10
The scene happened despite a curfew in the city for those under the age of 18, NBC noted.
The City of Brotherly Love imposed a curfew this summer amid rising violence, ordering children under 14 to be off the streets by 9:30 p.m. and children 14 to 17 to be off the streets by 10:00 p.m. reported Fox 29.
It was unclear when the alleged looting of the restaurant took place. A spokesman for the Philadelphia Police Department said Postal Police are aware of the video and are investigating.