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Calling for justice in the recent, police-involved shooting death of 30-year-old David Jones, a small group of Black Lives Matter protestors marched in the streets in front of the Bustleton home of the police officer who caused Jones untimely death.

The events unfolded at about 7 p.m. on Thursday, when a group of protestors began pasting wanted posters for Philadelphia Police officer Ryan Pownall on telephone poles near his home along Bridle Road in Northeast Philly.

The posters featured a photo of Pownall and claimed the officer was wanted by the people of Philadelphia for the murder of David Jones.

According to the police report on Jones death, he was fatally shot in the back by Pownall on June 8th after there was a scuffle over a gun in Jones' waistband.

Pownall had stopped Jones after seeing him riding a dirt bike near the intersection of Whitaker and Hunting Park Avenues in Juniata Park, notes the report. A witness to the shooting has said that he saw Jones' gun drop to the sidewalk and that Jones ran before Pownall shot the fleeing Jones fatally in the back.

On Thursday, Black Lives Matter organizer, Asa Khalif led a group of about ten protestors in chants of No justice, no peace, no racist police and We demand justice for David Jones, as police vehicles quickly filled the block.

It was mere moments after the protestors placed their first wanted poster before law enforcement officials arrived en masse, creating a line of officers along the sidewalk, separating protestors from the home they had targeted.

We want justice for his kids. We want justice for his family, shouted Khalif. We want justice or else we are going to keep going into your motherf***ing neighborhood.

During the protest, local residents emerged from their homes. Some confronted the protestors, with one man even attempting to throw several signs that read Black Lives Matter into a plastic garbage bag.

He shouted I saw trash and wanted to pick it up, when officers on the scene stopped him and walked the man back towards his home.

Though the event was mostly peaceful, at times protestors clashed with residents in prolonged shouting matches. Police on hand seemed content to monitor the situation and make sure to keep the parties separate.

When asked to discuss the police responce to the protest, officers on scene declined to comment to a Metro reporter.

At one point, someone in the crowd shouted that, if Khalif wanted to have his point heard, he should go directly to the mayors office.

Khalif replied that he had indeed done that.

In fact, he had, in recent weeks, stopped press conferences, marched on City Hall and stormed into the offices of the citys managing director, Michael DiBerardinis, calling for Pownall to be arrested for Jones shooting.

Khalif replied that they had decided to come to Pownalls home in a further effort to seek justice.

[Police] come into our communities and we are flipping the script. We are coming to your neighborhood, he said.

The investigation into Jones death is ongoing and is being handled by the Office of the Attorney General Josh Shapiro.

After about an hour, as the sun began to set, Khalif gathered his small group of activists and left for the evening.

Black lives matter also, said Khalif as he closed the rally. When you kill someone, you should go to jail.

No arrests were made.

Following the display, some locals seemed upset by the protest.

"This is a discgrace. Don't come to our neighborhood!" shounted one neighbor as Khalif's vehicle drove off. The man refused to share his name with a reporter.

Yet, others seemed to believe that it was everyones right to protest if they feel there has been an injustice.

Citing the fact that protestors promised to return to the neighborhood in the coming days, a neighbor of Pownalls asked to remain anonymous, but he said that he could understand the protestors motivations.

We live in a free country, so you should be able to voice your opinion, said the neighbor. But, my father was a cop and you show up at a guys house to express your opinion? I dont know Thats tough.

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