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Yhané Ndgo leads protesters in chanting Walter Wallace’s name at City Hall after the city of Philadelphia released body cam footage of the shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing
Social Justice

‘Shoot him’: Body camera footage shows officers who shot and killed Walter Wallace Jr.

Neither officer has more than three years experience on the PPD. At request of the Wallace family, the video was lightly redacted, but it is still extremely disturbing.

5 years ago

YahNé Ndgo leads protesters in chanting Walter Wallace’s name at City Hall after the city of Philadelphia released body cam footage of the shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing
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‘It is a travesty’: Protesters gather at City Hall as Walter Wallace Jr. bodycam video released

Philadelphians are gathering in Center City following the release of 911 audio and police bodycam footage from the officers who fatally shot Walter Wallace Jr.

5 years ago

Protesters raise signs at the Count Every Vote rally on Independence Mall. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
Philadelphia
Policing

‘Count every vote’: Protesters in Philly demand protection of election integrity

“Not counting every vote threatens to tear this nation apart,” one organizer said.

5 years ago

Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The 7 most Philly things that happened in Philadelphia on Election Day 2020

Goats, dancing, horns, love and cowboys — of multiple kinds.

5 years ago

The Resistance Revival Chorus performs in front of City Hall, onboard a flatbed truck, as part of a voter motivational effort called
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Politics
Eyes on the Street

Truck dancing, hula-hooping and helping: How Philly made Election Day

In a year defined by pandemic, movements against racial injustice and the general defiance of norms, Philadelphia showed out on Election Day.

5 years ago

Protesters confront police during a march Tuesday, Oct. 27 in West Philadelphia.
Philadelphia
Policing
Social Justice

Philly police plan to release Walter Wallace Jr. shooting body cam footage, 911 calls

The Wallace family has viewed the video already, and said, via an attorney, that they did not wish to see the two officers face murder charges.

5 years ago

Music
Philadelphia
Preservation
Billy Penn

Linda Richardson, savior of North Philly’s Uptown Theater, dies at 73

The nonprofit founder’s family is committed to carrying on her legacy — starting with a GOTV event on Election Day.

5 years ago

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Music
New Jersey
Performing Arts

‘Willingboro’s Got Talent’ – a WHYY virtual showcase

Celebrity musicians - and Willingboro natives - Adam Blackstone and Rashid Williams, along with WHYY’s Joy Soto, judged ‘Willingboro’s Got Talent.’

5 years ago

Zipporah Mooney voted for the first time this election. (Courtesy of Zipporah Mooney)
PlanPhilly
Elections
Philadelphia

What voting feels like when you are 18 in 2020

Zipporah Mooney, an 18-year-old Philadelphian, just voted in her first election. It felt like submitting an application for adulthood.

5 years ago

Protesters march from the scene of Walter Wallace Jr.’s killing to Malcolm X Park. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing
Social Justice

‘Mad or Nah?:’ Philly police killed Walter Wallace Jr. How do you feel about it?

Tamara Russell aka Revive P.O.C hit the streets of Philadelphia to ask residents how they feel about the fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.

5 years ago

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Ebony Powell is the organizer of the “Enough is Enough” campaign. University of Pennsylvania students marched to UPenn’s campus in protest of the school’s lack of investment in the community and over-policing. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Policing

Penn students, community members protest disinvestment in West Philly

A protest kicked off in Malcolm X Park organized by a new group called Enough is Enough.

5 years ago

Oil spill on Delaware beach
Delaware
Environment
Preservation

Delaware oil spill cleanup inches closer to completion; source remains unknown

Crews have collected more than 75 tons of oil that fouled Delaware’s coast after a spill near Broadkill Beach two weeks ago.

5 years ago

Pastor Michael Doyle
Radio Times
Elections
Race & Ethnicity

Regional Roundup – 11/02/20

This week; an update on voting in Pa., Dr. Howard Stevenson on the Wallace shooting, and a new documentary about Camden's Father Doyle.

Air Date: November 2, 2020 10:00 am

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Philadelphia Eagles' Carson Wentz passes during the first half
Philadelphia
Sports

Eagles beat Cowboys 23-9 in sloppy battle for first place

A pair of two-win teams fighting for first place in the weak NFC East in Week 8 put on a sloppy performance fit for the preseason instead of prime time.

5 years ago

Jamil Prattis pets his favorite horse, 100, at the Fletcher Street Stables.
Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Urban cowboys ride through Philly on Sunday to get out the vote

As part of the “Unstoppable Voters Project,” the Fletcher Street Riding Club will pass by several symbolic works of art.

5 years ago

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