The White House has sought to reinject issues of law and order into the US presidential campaign after a second night of protests and looting in parts of Philadelphia, which were sparked by the police killing of a black man.
Authorities asked for residents in several districts to remain indoors as they attempted to quell unrest sparked by the shooting of Walter Wallace Jr, a black man whose family said was suffering a mental health crisis. Police said Wallace was carrying a knife.
Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, which has sought to portray the president as the defender of law and order amid a national reckoning over police violence, on Tuesday night blamed Democrats for the “rioting” in the city, which is the largest in the key electoral swing state of Pennsylvania.