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Super Bowl post-game: Eagles fans riot after losing to Chiefs [Video]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
- Chaos erupted almost immediately after the Philadelphia Eagles lost the Super Bowl to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.
- Heartbroken Eagles fans started moving in a large crowd to City Hall and clashed with police.
- Cops deployed smoke bombs and used tear gas to disperse the crowds and deter any further riots.
Chaos broke loose in Philadelphia City last night after the Eagles lost 38-35 to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII. Frustrated Eagles fans took to the streets and swarmed City Hall, shouting “F–k the Chiefs.”
When it comes to sporting events, Philly fans have been notorious for taking the streets with cops having to grease light poles in an attempt to prevent the fans from climbing them. Back in 2018, fans climbed street poles while celebrating the Eagles’ win in the Super Bowl.
Police issued several warnings last night as some unruly fans wearing green shirts were caught igniting fireworks on the ground, climbing greased poles and city infrastructure. and jumping onto bus shelters, according to a Fox News report.
Before the game even started, scenes in Philadelphia were chaotic with rowdy fans caught flipping a car.
Videos posted on social media show some fans egging on armed SWAT teams, some lighting fireworks and being thrown at officers. Police had to deploy smoke bombs and use tear gas to disperse the crowds and deter any further riots.
Police in riot gear lined the street to appease the situation and protect infrastructures as the raucous fans started to get out of hand.
Eagles fans were outraged after a costly second-quarter fumble and a late-game penalty handed to the Eagles, allowing the Chiefs to kick a game-winning field goal with only eight seconds left. Add to that, fans are still frustrated over the loss of their baseball team, the Philadelphia Phillies, that crashed out of the World Series just a few months ago.
Those frustrations may have fueled the riots. Police scanner audio suggests there have been multiple arrests.
Though Eagles QB Jalen Hurts played the game of his life, it was Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes who took home the Super Bowl LVII MVP award.
“He’s the MVP. That’s all that needs to be said. MVP. And you saw it tonight,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said of Mahomes.
Source: Daily Mail
jose jimenez
February 13, 2023 at 6:54 pm
“Videos posted on social media show some fans egging on armed SWAT teams, some lighting fireworks and being thrown at officers.”
“Before the game even started, scenes in Philadelphia were chaotic with rowdy fans caught flipping a car.”
Makes perfect sense to me. The residents of a state that elect a man to the senate, that is physically and at least partially, mentally incapable of representing them properly, continue to show their high level of intelligence.
1PatriotForever
February 13, 2023 at 7:21 pm
RIGHT on and a Great insightful perfectly worded Comment
Izzy
February 13, 2023 at 8:53 pm
Don’t forget this is the same state that magically found 80,000 votes for Slow Joe.
Oscar Morgan
February 13, 2023 at 11:25 pm
How could you utter something so “Unconscionable”. Statements like yours reveal, how low, how desperate, how vile, how selfish and mean human beings can be to other human beings. Yet: You hold yourself as wise, smart and a person of intelligence. Indeed! we have truly found the enemy…….
Sean Rickman
February 14, 2023 at 12:12 am
You can spout off all that you want,but those entities acted like animals,are they representative of the people of that state.
Michael
February 14, 2023 at 6:31 am
👍🏻 and makes me that much more anxious to visit the city of brotherly love. No Thanks! Know JESUS Know Peace, No JESUS No Peace
Grizz Mann
February 13, 2023 at 7:04 pm
C’mon man! Another mostly pieceful demonstration, good thing no MAGA hats seen ,or off to Gitmo.
1PatriotForever
February 13, 2023 at 7:20 pm
Ah Fans not rioters or insurrections, just fans. Fans who are controlled and respectful and most are Obama’s Sons
Leo virgil Rowland
February 13, 2023 at 7:37 pm
If this the way fans act we should do away with the super bowl
Michael
February 14, 2023 at 6:38 am
That day is coming likely MUCH SOONER than we know
s
February 13, 2023 at 7:42 pm
Maybe they should call Fetterman at his hospital even though he just got out. He won’t know the diff between Phili and PA as both start with a “P”. He will save the day. Didn’t he say “pay all the rioters to not riot?” Now that he agreed to pay all the reparations’ to all non whites, maybe he could devote sometime to politics.
Izzy
February 13, 2023 at 8:44 pm
What malignant idiots?
Jay Arndt
February 14, 2023 at 2:06 am
Very interesting that they used tear. Gas during this riot but punished
The police for using tear gas to clear the expressway during the George Floyd riot
In Philadelphia.
Don
February 14, 2023 at 9:04 am
Philly is a city of trash. Use the Mayor Richard Daley fix on it.