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Philadelphia
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Billy Penn

City retracts, apologizes for ‘fear-mongering’ request from Philly police to community groups

The memo, which officials admitted was “misleading,” asked residents to sign off on enforcement of minor offenses like spitting and blocking the sidewalk.

5 years ago

Georgetown Law School professor Paul Butler testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on policing practices and law enforcement accountability in June 2020. In an NPR interview, Butler says police in Brooklyn Center, Minn., didn't need to pursue Daunte Wright over an outstanding warrant. (Mandel Ngan/Pool/Getty Images)
NPR
Black Lives Matter
Policing
Social Justice

Law professor: Police hold ‘extraordinary’ power over Black people in traffic stops

A law professor and former federal prosecutor argues that police in Brooklyn Center, Minn., didn't need to pursue Daunte Wright, who was killed by an officer.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw joined Mayor Jim Kenney and other city leaders to announce plans and resources available in advance of the verdict in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing
Protests

Philly officials call for peaceful protests, not destruction in anticipation of Chauvin verdict

The city detailed how it plans to respond following the verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin.

5 years ago

Flags wave in the wind from a building on the at Temple University campus in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Business
Higher Education
Philadelphia

Former Temple University business dean indicted in rankings scandal

The federal indictment unsealed Friday charges former Fox School of Business Dean Moshe Porat with conspiracy and wire fraud.

5 years ago

PPA-MEterup-Pango-parking-app
Business
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
NBC10

MeterUp parking app hacked, personal information accessed

Whoever was behind the hack accessed passwords, but not the encryption keys needed to read them, ParkMobile said.

5 years ago

(Courtesy of PennLive)
K-12
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Board member sues powerful Hershey School, claims he’s being denied financial records

A director and alumnus of America’s wealthiest boarding school claims he had to sue the institution to see how it spends the funds it receives from sales of Hershey bars.

5 years ago

Two boys hold signs at an April 6 news conference, days after a Chicago police officer fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo. (Shafkat Anowar/AP Photo)
NPR
National
Policing

Chicago releases video showing fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo

The highly anticipated footage was released to the public on Thursday, more than two weeks after the 13-year-old was killed following an alleyway foot pursuit.

5 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia Gun Violence Task Force provided details on an investigation into shootings in Southwest Philadelphia on April 15, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Crime
Gun Violence
Policing

Philly police arrest nine men in connection to series of retaliatory shootings

Authorities say the shootings were fueled by a feud between two rival gangs.

5 years ago

Pam Africa speaks at a protest outside the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.
Criminal Justice
Health Care
Incarceration
Philadelphia

‘We are here to save a life’: Mumia Abu-Jamal to undergo heart surgery; supporters call for his release

Abu-Jamal complained of chest pain while on a walk at SCI-Mahanoy in Schuylkill County and was taken to the prison infirmary.

5 years ago

A hearing will be held at 1 p.m. about whether Capriglione can take office as a Newport town commissioner. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Government Accountability
Politics

Delaware judge prevents convicted ex-police chief from taking town council seat

Michael Capriglione was elected despite lying about crashing his police cruiser into another police vehicle in 2018, then having video surveillance tape erased.

5 years ago

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Law enforcement officers clear an area of demonstrators during a protest over Sunday's fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright
Black Lives Matter
National
Policing

Ex-Minnesota police officer faces hearing in fatal shooting of Daunte Wright

Kim Potter, who quit her job on the Brooklyn Center force two days after Daunte Wright's death, was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter.

5 years ago

Visitors view a memorial to George Floyd as a new addition commemorating Daunte Wright is displayed outside Cup Foods
Black Lives Matter
National
Policing

Defense rests in Derek Chauvin murder trial; ex-officer won’t testify

Chauvin, 45, is charged with murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death after his arrest on suspicion of passing a counterfeit $20 at a neighborhood market.

5 years ago

Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PUC judge orders Sunoco to improve its public safety guidance, and pipeline safety, on Mariner East project

Plaintiffs wanted the lines shut down, but a judge declined to halt the operation.

5 years ago

A police officer drives in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Policing

2 Philly police officers arrested for alleged obstruction, perjury

Sgt. Michael Kennedy, 49, was federally indicted on making false statements to the FBI, obstruction and conspiracy. Officer James Saxton was charged with perjury.

5 years ago

The exterior of George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County
Incarceration
Pennsylvania

Delco takes first ‘physical step’ toward deprivatizing George W. Hill Correctional Facility

The county’s Jail Oversight Board is seeking proposals for medical, food, maintenance, and commissary services for the now privately run prison.

5 years ago

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