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Ahmaud Arbery's father Marcus Arbery, center, his hugged by his attorney Benjamin Crump after the jury convicted Travis McMichael in the Glynn County Courthouse, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, in Brunswick, Ga.  Greg McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William
Black Lives Matter
Criminal Justice
Law
National

‘There’s some hope for this country’: Philly civil rights advocate responds to Arbery verdict

Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler, co-director for the racial justice organization Power Live Free said the case was about much more than what happened to Ahmaud Arbery.

4 years ago

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Ahmaud Arbery shooting protest
Black Lives Matter
National
Race & Ethnicity

All 3 defendants found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery

Arbery’s killing became part of a larger national reckoning on racial injustice after the graphic video of his death leaked online two months later.

4 years ago

Darrell Brooks, center, makes his initial appearance, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 in Waukesha County Court in Waukesha, Wis. Prosecutors in Wisconsin have charged Brooks with intentional homicide in the deaths of at least five people who were killed when an SUV was driven into a Christmas parade
NPR
Crime
National

The Waukesha death toll rises to 6, and the suspect faces homicide charges

Prosecutors said as they filed five counts of first-degree intentional homicide against Darrell Brooks Jr.

4 years ago

Alt Right demonstrators walk into the entrance of Lee Park surrounded by counter demonstrators in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017
Law
National
Protests

Jury awards $26M in damages for Unite the Right violence

A jury has ordered 17 white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay $26 million in damages over violence that erupted during the deadly 2017 rally in Charlottesville.

4 years ago

Former Bordentown Police Chief Frank Nucera Jr.
Black Lives Matter
New Jersey
Policing
Social Justice

Hate crime trial for former N.J. police chief will go to the jury on Monday

The defense only called one witness, an FBI agent on the case who called it “atypical.” Federal prosecutors and Frank Nucera Jr.’s attorneys will give closing arguments on Mon

4 years ago

A mural of Ahmaud Arbery is on display
NPR
Black Lives Matter
Criminal Justice
National

The jury has begun deliberations in the trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s killing

The lead prosecutor said the three defendants could not claim self-defense, given that they initiated the confrontation.

4 years ago

A police officer drives in Philadelphia
Employment
Philadelphia
Policing

Philly police dispatchers indicted for collecting pandemic unemployment, prosecutors say

Federal prosecutors say the employees fraudulently collected Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, while also collecting their city paychecks.

4 years ago

Johnny Bobbitt Jr., (left), Kate McClure, and Mark D'Amico pose at a gas station
Law
New Jersey

N.J. man in GoFundMe scam pleads guilty to federal charge

Mark D'Amico, his ex-girlfriend Katelyn McClure, and Johnny Bobbitt Jr. had made up a story that led to hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations, prosecutors say.

4 years ago

Chrystul Kizer (shown here with her lawyers in 2019) is arguing that it was self-defense when she killed the man who sexually abused her. (The Washington Post via Getty Images)
NPR
Black Lives Matter
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
Social Justice

After the Rittenhouse verdict, focus returns to Chrystul Kizer’s self-defense case

Kizer, who was 17 at the time, is accused of shooting Randall P. Volar III in the head; Volar had previously been arrested on child sexual assault charges.

4 years ago

A memorial is seen outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
NPR
Government Accountability
Gun Violence
Public Safety

Families of Parkland shooting victims settle lawsuit with DOJ for about $130 million

Families of more than a dozen victims of the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Fla., have reached a settlement with the Justice Department to resolve their lawsuit.

4 years ago

FILE PHOTO: Officers at the Cumberland County Prison walk the halls, Thursday, April 3, 2003, in Carlisle, Pa. (Carolyn Kaster / AP Photo)
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Pennsylvania
WITF

Coroner says prisoner at SCI Camp Hill died by suicide

A prisoners' rights advocate notes, this is the fourth prisoner death in Pa. in the past eight days.

4 years ago

Roger Stone, left, and Alex Jones hold a press conference before attending a House Judiciary Committee hearing in 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
NPR
Crime
Government Accountability
Public Safety

Roger Stone, Alex Jones among new subpoenas issued by Jan. 6 panel

The committee said the subpoenas are focused on the planning and financing of Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 rallies in Washington, D.C., the subsequent march and deadly riot.

4 years ago

Volunteers wearing balloons lead Philadelphia's 100th Thanksgiving Day Parade. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Community Events
Philadelphia
Policing

After Wisconsin tragedy, Philly police are confident in their Thanksgiving Parade safety plan

After police say a man intentionally plowed through a crowd of holiday parade marchers in Wisconsin, Philly law enforcement say Thursday’s Thanksgiving event will be safe.

4 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner wipes his eyes after speaking about the shooting of a pregnant woman over the weekend. (Tom Mac Donald/WHYY)
Crime
Gun Violence
Philadelphia

‘Extremely disturbing’: Philly approaches 500 people murdered in 2021

Philadelphia’s District Attorney said he is worried police do not have enough resources to solve and investigate a historic number of murders.

4 years ago

A family photo hangs on a wall in the dining room
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
Spotlight PA

What you need to know about the killing of Christian Hall by Pennsylvania State Police

Nearly a year after his death, Hall's parents are calling for a new investigation.

4 years ago

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