Some call for Pa. police chief’s resignation after brawl with students protesting ICE

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Some residents in the Philadelphia suburb of Quakertown are calling for the police chief to resign after a scuffle between police and high school students protesting immigration enforcement policies left several juveniles in custody for four days.

Video circulating online shows an older man in street clothes approach a group of young protesters outside a delicatessen and put his arm around the neck of a teenage girl as other teens swing at him, and they both fall to the ground.

The footage taken by bystanders captures only part of the encounter and does not show what happened before things turned physical. Afterward, students can be seen picking up binders and folders scattered on the ground…

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