2 arrests as Black Lives Matter, other groups protest during Mummers Parade

Members of the Frailnger String Band perform during the 116th annual Mummers Parade in Philadelphia on Friday.

About 50 members of the Black Lives Matter group and the Coalition for Real Justice staged a protest during the parade.

Philadelphia police arrested a man and woman who they say briefly disrupted the annual New Year’s Day Mummers Parade in Center City.

The movement itself was mocked by parade goers with signs saying, “Shark Lives Matter”, “Mummers Lives Matter”, “Wench Lives Matter” and “Pirate Lives Matter”.

“As of this time, he is no longer considered a Mummer”, parade organizers said in the statement Saturday.