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Police watching video that captures post-Mummers Parade fight

January 3, 2012

By Shannon McDonald

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If your New Year's resolution is to see men in frilly pink costumes push each other around, then consider your goal accomplished.

Fox29 reports police are taking a look at the video shot Jan. 1 of a post-Mummers Parade fight. The usual loud, colorful scene on Two Street turned slightly violent in the evening, when, around Pierce Street, folks started pushing and shoving. A clump of people eventually knocked over a police barrier, going right down with it.

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