Man pleads guilty in store fire during unrest after protests

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PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge in a fire set at a home improvement store during the unrest last year that followed the first night of protests against police brutality sparked by the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. Twenty-nine-year-old Derrick Weatherbe pleaded guilty Tuesday to malicious damage by means of fire of a building and property used in interstate commerce in the blaze at the Lowe’s Home Improvement store in west Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that he was identified by security footage. His attorney declined comment.