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Video: Couple attacks Philly police with vase

A man got in an altercation with police when a woman came from behind, throwing a vase at the officers

The Philadelphia Inquirer

PHILADELPHIA — A woman was arrested Friday afternoon after police said she hit a police officer with a vase in the city’s Harrowgate section.

About 2:35 p.m., officers were investigating a 21-year-old man when he began fighting with them in the 3400 block of H Street, police said. A woman, whose age was not available, emerged from a residence and struck an officer with the vase, police said.

Both people were arrested and charged with assaulting police. The officers suffered minor injuries.

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