1971 SPECIAL REPORT: "FRANK RIZZO VS. BLACK PANTHERS"

Frank Rizzo's relationship with Philadelphia's black community was volatile, with the PPD's reputation suffering among blacks. During Rizzo's tenure as division captain and commissioner, critics often charged that he was racially motivated, targeting activities in black neighborhoods. But his presence during the Columbia Avenue riots in 1968 was credited by some for limiting looting and violence
It was during Rizzo's tenure as deputy commissioner that black and white officers assigned to the city's predominantly black neighborhoods worked in tandem in an attempt to reduce friction between civilians and police forces. As commissioner, Rizzo's department had one of the largest percentages of black officers among large U.S. police departments, with 20% in 1968, at a time when other departments had little if any success in recruiting blacks.
However, hiring of black officers declined sharply during Rizzo's tenure as police commissioner. From 1966 to 1970, the percentage of black police officers hired declined from 27.5% to 7.7%. This precipitated a decline in the overall proportion of black Philadelphia police officers: from 20.8% in 1967 to 18% in 1971.
One of the force's most widely publicized actions under Commissioner Rizzo was raiding the Philadelphia offices of the Black Panther Party on August 31, 1970, just after the Black Panthers had declared war on police officers nationwide and one week before the Panthers planned to convene a "People's Revolutionary Convention" at Temple University. The officers performed a strip-search on the arrested Black Panthers before cameras, after a Fairmount Park Police Officer had been murdered. The picture ran on the front page of the Philadelphia Daily News and was seen around the world Days later the charges against the Panthers were dropped for lack of evidence. Subsequently the search was ruled illegal. Four people unrelated to the Panthers were ultimately found guilty of the murder.

[@toneill3818]

Ive got about 10 of your vids saved to watch on my night shifts. Keep them coming boss. Cant thank you enough for these.

[@dennisleporte2327]

same

[@mikelista4681]

He was the BEST. A Leader and Decision maker. Yeah he told the Panthers to stop the ambush of cops that killed one an injured several others and meet him. He loved his men. He also was a savior in the black communities that were besieged by crime. He had a huge heart and helped people. He was a true leader, someone you would follow into battle. I was proud to have been a RIZZO COP. RIP COMMISSIONER

[@ericecho5118]

Oh is that right? How much did he go after all the Italian mobs that were committing ACTUAL crimes and murders?

[@BlueberryStinkFinger62]

Philadelphia definently wouldn't be like it is in 2023 if frank was in office today...

[@michaeldimeo8063]

Amen

[@thomaspixarmarvelfan]

Frank Rizzo’s story has reached me here all the way in Buffalo New York. It’s amazing how far a person’s story can reach.

[@thetraveler1182]

Look at Philly now

[@PeteyS.D.]

He'd have Chicago cleaned up in tree months.

[@KT72273]

Couple two tree!

[@_Ben4810]

Is a tree month 1/12 of a tree ring...?!? 🪵😉🙏

[@fartholemechanic9252]

The cartels would make him piss in his pants 👖

[@blackinton2526]

Italian mofo wouldn't clean up nothing he ain't Mussolini his family probably fled Mussolini

[@savagedannym5056]

"White, black, Asian or Hispanic, children and grandparent all deserve to live in a peaceful environment and I won't allow a bunch of crumb balls to come into my neighborhoods and take that right away from them.” - Frank Rizzo

[@Ariesmount]

I’ve seen enough video footage of this guy to conclude that he was more of a jerk than a hero. The typical bully.

[@elgeneralxx]

Making thugs pay a price for their gang shenanigans? Hell nah wish he was still mayor

[@TrulyAGhost]

i am a black woman and i wish rizzo would come back to clean philly

[@youngtrainingdaywestphilly203]

Noticed he never went after the Philly Italian mob.😂

[@Prospek23]

Because he was the mobb lol

[@shakeybatman]

Italians don’t go around shooting up neighborhoods with innocent people and children around, There’s a big difference between gangster and thug.

[@zeposgrave]

Philly would be a better place to live today if the mafia still existed.

[@youngtrainingdaywestphilly203]

@@zeposgrave The Philadelphia mob's activities have caused many problems in Philadelphia, including: Organized crime The Philadelphia crime family has been involved in many criminal activities, including racketeering, extortion, gambling, loan-sharking, drug trafficking, money laundering, murder and much more. Don't be foolish!

[@blackinton2526]

@@zeposgrave Just like the Italy that he fled huh. Mussolini had these mafia cowards crying that's why they fled and came to America and acted tough again

[@benjamincook9425]

They just pulled his statue down in Philadelphia

[@ronbaxter940]

What a disgrace. Leave that statue alone I say.

[@ajnolove7315]

💪🏾💪🏾

[@DrDoom-wo8hb]

✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿💯 🖕🏿 #frankrizzo

[@carlosortizrivera9866]

yeaaaaaass

[@carlosortizrivera9866]

@@ronbaxter940 shut up eye shit on that statue fck n clown

[@crewshaw2122]

Kept his trap shut when it cane to the Mafia

[@thefezbelchershow5443]

Surprise-surprise. Money talks.

[@aesonmoritz2100]

@@thefezbelchershow5443 Not only that his brother was the Fire Chief in Philly and they had ties to the Philly Italian Mob. It was business as usual.

[@christinagraham2915]

The same cops who bombed west Philadelphia huh

[@SEEBEE345]

No that was the black mayor name Wilson Goode look it up. Don't spread lies.

[@douglasmiller8176]

Goode move?

[@AbrahamBlundell]

Yep, and he was right to do it. I'm sure he never lost a bit of sleep over it. We need a person like him now to flush Kensington down the toilet, and clean up the rest of that open sewer they call a city.

[@rudolphflamisch4631]

That was Wilson Goode

[@earljohnson50]

Cope harder

[@rockyroad201012]

A true hero! If he was running these cities today, you wouldn't have terrorist movements like BLM & Antifa! He wasn't a coward like all these politicians!

[@busterhikney6936]

you're confusing "terrorists" with people you don't like again

[@rev.stevekepiscopal2668]

Certain people knew their place when he was mayor. They were well behaved or else!

[@donnydonnybrook8131]

What would Frank do about drug problem in 2023?

[@rahsheem35]

This man was an absolute racist

[@TheIceman556]

This was a great man

[@milksteak6831]

@Ronald Williams never see a black racist...😉

[@zeposgrave]

🍌 🦍 take the bait you bunch of bottom feeding baboons. Trump 2024🇺🇸

[@jerseyguy1274]

Watch your damn mouth.

[@ericecho5118]

@@TheIceman556Of course you think he’s great. That’s why they destroyed this racists statue. If he was rounding up the Italian gangs, you wouldn’t be proud.

[@TheRhNegative]

Wow!!! How history repeats itself.

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

Rizzo would have known how to handle Antifa and BLM.

[@beeenn649]

Philadelphia's black community was volatile, period. How much did MOVE alone cost the taxpayers of this city?

[@vancedashjr2118]

You mean Rizzo cost taxpayers!!! He blew up the neighborhood dickhead

[@willd2620]

That was mayor Goode Dumbass

[@55baltimoreboy]

This city (Phila) could really use him now !!!!!

[@MisterB2eternity]

We should elect Marty Weinberg. He was Rizzolike.

[@scdevon]

So could Chicago.

[@mixtecobajo5582]

Frank Rizzo for President!

[@Kia-v2p]

😊 damn look how clean philly was back in 1970

[@bobbyg433]

The world needs more frank rizzos

[@Prospek23]

Yea, he would still be backing the mobb

[@bobbyg433]

@@Prospek23 what a stupid comment

[@bobbyg433]

@@Prospek23 and Philadelphia would be a much better place to live

[@Prospek23]

@@bobbyg433 Yes, a better place filled with mobsters lol. This guy was corrupt and exposed before he died. Loser!

[@travissimmons3746]

He's a crook.

[@bindig1]

Hey, say what you want about Frank Rizzo, he kept crime in check in Philly during his days, not like it is today

[@josuelitos]

My vote is for rizzo

[@gfunk63901]

And so now, good, honest and law abiding black people live like hostages in their own homes. Frank was trying to make their neighborhoods safer

[@cminor3016]

Black panthers striped down because rizzo was planning on shooting them all on the spot; striping down in order to prove to the world that they were unarmed.

[@LiterallyGod]

Mik Noirrac or maybe he made them do it to make sure they were unarmed. And also humiliate them

[@KevinConsolo]

Wrong.

[@rebeculus]

God he did it to humiliate them. He said so in this video. He was a sick racist bastard.

[@KevinConsolo]

@@rebeculus you need some psychiatric help

[@rebeculus]

Kevin Consolo you apparently need to rewatch the video.

[@airgunfun4248]

1 minute in I like his tactics against the homies.

[@bkeen7013]

Sorry to ruin your black panther party...

[@feedmysleaze1]

I can't say i blame the guy the Panthers had a habit of calling in fake disturbances and then shooting police. They weren't Cub Scouts.

[@vjizzzle1]

Proof?

[@christinagraham2915]

What proof do u have?

[@kjb2218]

Stop lying ass hole

[@joezomparelli2029]

needed today

[@Moorsho]

He was an Italian criminal

[@roberthall6161]

I was in Philadelphia in 1977.

[@ronbaxter940]

One man's racist is another man's hero!

[@KLFD530]

One man's racist hero, is another man's domestic terrorist who ordered the bombing of a black neighborhood.

[@ryanwashere21]

@@KLFD530 That wasnt Rizzo though.

[@yani2499]

@@ryanwashere21 they're all Rizzos.........

[@mikeanderson3762]

@@KLFD530 that was mayor Wilson Goode and he was black . He must be your hero . Not from Philly are ya crumb bum ? Lol

[@mikeanderson3762]

@@KLFD530 look up MOVE Philadelphia I want you to know the truth !

[@snakefinger]

Frank who ? FRANK RIZZO ! ! R-I-Z-Z-O...

[@greggsiano5920]

Uncle frank

[@Anonymous-Joker74]

H to the Izzo 😂😂😂

[@jlove8445]

Look jerky,… I don’t need ta talk ta you

[@lordenlightenedluciferian]

Yet in 2020...

[@saraconard5246]

Why didn't he do this to the mob ...at this time mob ran Philly with a iron fist... this is racism at its best

[@aesonmoritz2100]

I grew up in Philly during the 70s & 80s. It was well known but not spoken of that the Rizzo Brothers were tied to the Mob. Maybe not as associates but definitely friends of La Costra Nostra in Philly. I still remember the day Angelo Bruno was assassinated on Snyder ave.

[@michaelfreeman8413]

This is still Amerikkka 2024

[@frankrizzo9521]

We NEED Rizzo in Philly today

[@KLFD530]

To bad, he's burning in hell

[@pennyking3823]

he was SO racist

[@DuckiesDad08]

Rizzo was an attention-needing clown.

[@christophersmith118]

Damn heard raps about this guy

[@christianbrother4724]

Hate to say it, we could use it today.

[@evelin259]

What a great man

[@Kia-v2p]

They said he hated black people

[@bobbyg433]

We need more people like Frank Rizzo. God bless him

[@garyflythe1362]

We already have enough abusive racist cops you don't need another one back in this time people barely have rights I don't even know if they had the Miranda Rights

[@bobbyg433]

@@garyflythe1362 then live in a community that wants to ban the police.

[@kumikonaito7348]

@@garyflythe1362only a criminal would say such nonsense,…. how about your people stop committing crimes….?

[@TheIceman556]

His SATUE should still STAND!!!! I hope they Put it up in another part of the city or a museum somewhere it’s abhorrent what these thugs are doing.

[@carlosortizrivera9866]

shut the fck up dummy fck tht statue whn thy do il b there 2 piss on it now thats what eye call thug n it

[@carlosortizrivera9866]

@Ronald Williams Facts..bum bitch ..

[@ellew4573]

R.I.H. 🔥

[@JR-hs4lz]

Law and order period

[@beeenn649]

GREATEST MAYOR EVER

[@roberthall6161]

Philadelphia had wonen on the police force in 1977.

[@DD-fm7xb]

Ane weez still gonna vote for democret !!!

[@marvinlewis1169]

FRANK RIZZO IS THE BEST POLICE COMMISSIONER PHILADELPHIA EVER HAD HE IS A PHILADELPHIA LEGEND.

[@maureeng.obrien9259]

WHERE'S SHITWOOD?

[@bobbyg433]

I love Frank Rizzo. He is missed

[@carlosortizrivera9866]

frank n the grave get n stomp by lost black panthers

[@mantis10_surf85]

Frank Rizzo Ruled! Philly is a sh*thole now

[@ikeswp4959]

Frank was the man

[@HootHinge]

SCUM BAG

[@alexhidell8022]

Frank Rizzo did nothing wrong

[@alforliniteaching5670]

He was very good .

[@BigPoppa-t3z]

Rizzo fjed up the Panthers

[@davanmani556]

Didn’t go that to Angelo Bruno.

[@charlesmanson6694]

Angelo bruno was a gentleman

[@robertwilliams7080]

now the tables are turning

[@Thedcdotcom]

A man who said “Vote White” was a great man? 😂😂😂

[@travismaxwell9115]

Where's his grave... I need to take a piss.

[@vaughncollins1386]

Woah a guy from a long time ago said a long time ago thing, must mean there were no redeemable qualities

[@roberthall6161]

Grafitti in 1977.

[@safetcucaj385]

Yeah .... That's what I've seen my whole life too with blacks when they have the numbers they are very brave. Nobody should be in the militant mindset everybody should be busy working and providing for their family. I don't know what those black young men in Chicago were doing killing each other it's a shame

[@reddwing4368]

Finance s before Public safety Lol Classic Thanks

[@jimbo08221]

Despite whatever your opinion is of Frank RIzzo. He was a man of principles, a man of morals and a man who emphasized family. He was a true man. And he was also a liberal . How about that..... continue to Rest In Peace Frank.

[@carlosortizrivera9866]

shut up eye dont follow white pale face rules

[@carlosortizrivera9866]

@Ronald Williams Facts go back 2 your caves

[@mrdrprof99]

@@carlosortizrivera9866 if we're from caves why is it we were just so damn good at kicking your ass. I mean if we're so powerful now? how did your ancestors get beat into submission by cavemen? You're welcome for the Western world.

[@nelixsulu6201]

A man of principals and a man of morals, yet he threatened a journalist??? 🤔 Doesn’t sound like anyone who has morals and principals

[@maureeng.obrien9259]

MUHAMMED KENYATTA. NEW NAME BRO NEW NAME..

[@dino8970]

Frank Rizzo was the man.

[@nightowl5475]

Give them Crum Bum panthers Hell, Mr. Mayor!!

[@terrancep9694]

Night Owl ✊🏾

[@DeenoverDunya215]

Why are you against a movement who wants to police the police who was about police brutality🤦‍♂️

[@nightowl5475]

@@DeenoverDunya215 I wish it was that simple. I'm against police brutality completely. I think there were many issues that needed to be brought to the attention of mainstream America about police bullying people within the community, but you can't fight extremism with another form of extremism and expect good results.

[@anthonymusto3537]

wtf happened to democrats 🥸

[@anthonymusto3537]

Crumb bum😅

[@ronbaxter940]

We need Rizzo today to save Philadelphia. If he could only come back from the grave!

[@KLFD530]

Yeah dig up his dead ass and have a grand wizard revive him.

[@carlosortizrivera9866]

no pussy hes died like Elvis fat pale ass..good bye

[@jasonallen3678]

Barely 50 years ago but white privilege is supposed to be dead lol...Chicago and L.A had the same kind of insensitive bigots ruining a couple generations of Black and Brown people upward mobility also and monetary gains,but they say we are equal and have as many chances in life as them now lol....

[@deecee1522]

No, you're just an idiot.

[@dingersfordays9503]

Shut up you pussy.

[@truthhurts7637]

Black panther communism that's nothing for the black community. Maybe stop blaming whites and have a look at your people's IQ and culture. One of those you can't change, and the other you don't want to. VICTIM MENTALITY IS YOUR ONLY SLAVERY NOW

[@ashkoshieify]

@@dingersfordays9503projecting from this troll account is wild 😂😂

[@melskilove]

Using the Badge to be tough FOH he was a Hoover Stooge

[@TheIceman556]

What a beautiful time to be alive then!!! Unlike today SAD!

[@TheIceman556]

Ronald Williams your trash take a hike and scram

[@rebeculus]

It was a pretty shitty time to be alive in philly if you weren’t white.

[@respectknuckles428]

he said there only brave when they outnumber people!! lol lol

[@mltdcj28]

It is actually disturbing to see some many black people in the comment section in support of Rizzo. I can understand that if you are tired of crime (especially senseless crimes ) , I get it BUT how can you actually support this RACIST? SMH

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

CRUMB BUMS

[@willd2620]

Philly could really use Rizzo now. It’s nothing but lawless outlaw oops outlaws running Philly right now.

[@unknownanonymous9459]

Bring back people like Frank Rizzo!!!

[@unknownvip00]

So bring back racist 🤨

[@adgepeterb]

Your scared, scared of the black man 🤣😂🤣,

[@KLFD530]

Yeah, dig up his corpse!

[@unknownanonymous9459]

@@adgepeterb I'm not afraid of anyone. Bad people need to be dealt with, and there are plenty of people around willing to deal with them. 💪🏻

[@adgepeterb]

@@unknownanonymous9459 Franks methods against blacks , alot innocent were unjust, illegal and held a massive human rights concern.. so why would you say such a statement but then claim your not racist... think about it kid

[@mogucci21]

this man has a statue

[@troyyoung4750]

Not no more

[@mkpurvy0201]

HAD a statue. Good riddance to bad 🗑

[@bobbymancini9069]

@@mkpurvy0201 yea unlike Wilson Goode who bombed a house back in '85....

[@rockyroad201012]

It'll be back up! He's a hero! Communism groups like BLM & Antifa will be demolished! Anarchism fails!

[@mkpurvy0201]

@@rockyroad201012 Uh ok. Let's go with that. By the way,the Columbus statue is coming down from Marconi Plaza. He can discover the sidewalk.

[@wandawells5596]

Glad the statue was removed, erase this memory. OMG

[@vanillaexplosion99]

Statue removing didn't erase anything but a piece of metal. After the riots of late, people like myself search out videos like this above to learn how evil doers were once contained.

[@cd1168]

Blk communities need to look in the mirror. How many decades or centuries can they keep blaming white people? Be solvers not pussies

[@phillygirl1984]

Glad he was before my time!

[@plasticweapon]

wish you were after my time.

[@brendonohagan1946]

Girl?

[@ccth22]

LOL Rizzo never had Black Brothers Inc. strip.

[@nelixsulu6201]

Pictures say otherwise

[@TheIceman556]

Rizzo was a great commissioner and mayor we need more leaders like him!!!

[@everywheree9505]

He was a racist

[@TheIceman556]

Clyde Mcphadder sure he was

[@everywheree9505]

Skin cancer lol in 5 years

[@gunitundaboss2404]

Rizzo is KKK

[@america1324FIRst]

THEY NEED FRANK IN NY

[@onceagain6184]

No ! He is part of the problem!

[@rebeculus]

THANK GOD Philly finally took down that horrific Rizzo statue a while back. What a disgusting racist human being.

[@vanillaexplosion99]

I didn't even know who Rizzo was until the statue controversy, now I know and I like the way he thought.

[@johnfullerton7279]

Walking tall with Frank Rizzo

[@mateojimenez3666]

Beat up rizzo

[@mateojimenez3666]

Ah hah a Philly cop got killed

[@kyreepilgrim3766]

Wow possible successor to J. Edgar Hoover 😂😂😂 f#ck cointelpro, the FBI director would've bashed black panthers upside the head with a billyclub

[@sidoniomarscalle9828]

He was a good man.

[@thefreedomtheatre9723]

😂 he was a piece of shit..they even defaced his mural in Philadelphia