Police illegally enter Puppet Warehouse and arrest puppet makers and artists. Department of Licensing and Inspection raids the Philadelphia Independent Media Center for alleged building code violations. No violations were found. Demonstrators head to center city, staging mass demonstrations throughout the city. Police supporters stage a 3 hour counter-demonstration in an intersection in South Philadelphia, blocking traffic in four directions.
Nobody is arrested.
Police extract supposed ringleaders from the streets, including Terrence McGuckin and John Sellers. Police surround and enter the Unity 2000 and R2K Legal office building. The ACLU's disparagement and abandonment of arrested demonstrators set off weeks of bad public sentiment towards demonstrators that was not reversed until cases were dismissed in trials. Clerics said protesters told them they saw people dragged, stomped and threatened with rape at the Roundhouse. Amnesty International sends letter to Mayor John Street citing numerous human rights violations, including violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the United Nations Convention against Torture, and the United Nations Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials.