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Hundreds protest US Army arcade
There were about a dozen arrests as protesters, counter protesters and cops descended on Franklin Mills.
As many as 300 protesters marched into Franklin Mills on Saturday to demand the shutdown of an Army recruitment center that doubles as an arcade with games that simulate warfare.
Hundreds of counter protesters - many of them Vietnam veterans - and about 90 Philadelphia Police officers also filled the courtyard outside the Army Experience Center, a pilot program launched in Philadelphia by the military.
There were about a dozen arrests Saturday afternoon as police forced protesters to leave the mall. The names of those arrested were not immediately released by the city.
At times, the rally seemed likely to escalate into a brawl as the protesters and counter protesters shouted and pointed at each other.