Police Supporters March Blindfolded at Broad and Olney

by KYW's Hadas Kuznits

On the same day that the alleged killer of Philadelphia police officer John Pawlowski was transferred from a hospital bed to a jail cell (see related story), a blindfolded "faith walk" in support of police was held in the area where Pawlowski was killed.

The message the marchers wanted to convey: we cannot remain blind to violence against police.

Lt. Bill Di Guiseppe of the 35th Police District says he's thankful for the show of support on Thursday by participants in the blindfolded solidarity walk:

"And I think it shows that we need to be together and help each other and not one person can do it all."

Fallen officer John Palowski was on the minds of those who attended.  Kofi Asante, of the National Comprehensive Center for Fathers, says the man accused of killing Palowski at one time tried to join their organization:

"He came to our organization to be part of our father program.  He was ineligible. We worked to make him eligible and by the time that happened, we couldn't get in contact with him anymore."

Asante's reaction when they heard of the Palowski murder?

"We just cried, because we thought that maybe there were two lives that we could've saved."

But he says the walk makes the group strong and sends this message:

"We have faith in our leaders, we have faith in this city, we have faith in the police department, we have faith in ourselves and in God to turn this violence around."

(Photo by KYW's Hadas Kuznits)