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Fan Watch: Broad and Walnut under control

At 1:20 a.m., police with batons and riot gear began lining the sidewalks and steadily moving the crowd off Broad Street. The resistance seems to have subsided, the fires are out. A couple of cars have been overturned, and Broad Street is littered with glass, newspaper boxes, planters and collapsed bus shelters. About 100 officers were visible on the streets, most in riot gear. The police beat a few people down with batons, but there were no mass arrests.

At 1:20 a.m., police with batons and riot gear began lining the sidewalks and steadily moving the crowd off Broad Street. The resistance seems to have subsided, the fires are out. A couple of cars have been overturned, and Broad Street is littered with glass, newspaper boxes, planters and collapsed bus shelters. About 100 officers were visible on the streets, most in riot gear. The police beat a few people down with batons, but there were no mass arrests.

The police had arrived in a Philadelphia School District bus that the crowd tried to tip over, but the police were able to hold them off. The police were also guarding the Robinson Luggage outlet that had been lootyed earlier in the night.

The intersection with Chestnut Street was the last one cleared. The police were forcing their way through the intersection, where about 200 people remained. They began throwing bottles and cursing at the police.

From City Hall to South Street, there were still sbout 500 people on the streets. But that was a fraction of the thousands who had jammed the blocks south of City Hall after the Phillies first World Series win in 28 years.