Organizers of Philadelphia’s annual “Hero Thrill Show” announced the six police officers acquitted on corruption charges will no longer serve as Grand Marshalls for the event.
Six Philadelphia narcotics officers who were acquitted earlier this month of federal corruption charges won't be grand marshals of this year's Hero Thrill Show as planned.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports defense attorney Jimmy Binns announced Thursday the group would not lead the procession down Broad Street. Binns was one of the attorneys that helped the officers beat charges that they robbed and beat drug dealers.
The Hero Thrill Show is an annual charity parade and motorcycle stunt show that raises scholarship money for the children of officers and firefighters killed on duty.
Binns, also the event's president and CEO, said Cathy Burke, owner of the Irish Pub in Philadelphia, would be grand marshal of the October parade.
Past grand marshals have included Sylvester Stallone, Sen. Robert P. Casey, and Thomas Schomberg, sculptor of the city's Rocky statue.
