PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia police are searching for a man accused of throwing an orange traffic cone at an officer during a protest against ICE in Center City Tuesday night.
Officials said the officer, who was part of the crowd control team, was wearing his full bicycle uniform when the incident happened around 7 p.m. on Market Street.
The officer was using his bicycle to keep the crowd at a distance, police said, and that’s when a man in the crowd threw the cone, hitting the officer in the head. The officer was not injured.
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Police are now searching for the suspect. They said he was last seen wearing glasses and all dark clothing, and he has facial hair.
About 150 demonstrators were protesting recent immigration raids and President Donald Trump’s mobilization of the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles. Philadelphia police arrested more than a dozen people.