Courts & Law
N.J. said all state troopers would have body cameras by mid-2019, but some still don’t
Attorney General Gurbir Grewal had said all troopers would have body cameras by mid-2019.
4 years ago
On 12th day of police protests in Philly region, suburbs take center stage
Gatherings were planned Wednesday in Upper Darby, Lansdowne and Pennsauken as Philadelphia’s streets were relatively quiet.
4 years ago
Black journalist arrested during Delaware protests, released
A video of the arrest shows protesters lying on the ground with their hand behind their backs as Andre Lamar questions officers about why the arrests are happening.
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Philly’s courts effectively shut down for COVID-19, creating a backlog of cases. Now, city prosecutors and defenders say budget cuts will make it worse.
4 years ago
Mayor Kenney walks back police budget boost and vows reforms — but not enough, critics say
Saying he was humbled, Kenney called for a barrage of changes aimed at increasing accountability and getting problem officers off the streets.
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Dashcam captures shooting of Maurice Gordon by N.J. police, but questions remain
The video was released after the family of Maurice Gordon demanded to know how and why he died. The investigation continues.
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Bond raised to $1M for officer charged in George Floyd’s death
Derek Chauvin, 44, said almost nothing during an 11-minute hearing in which he appeared before a judge on closed-circuit television from the state's maximum-security prison.
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GOP Assemblyman: N.J. Gov. Murphy broke own order marching in protests
A North Jersey Republican says Gov. Phil Murphy violated his own executive order marching with Black Lives Matter protests; wants State Police to act.
4 years ago
Police officer surrenders to face charges in protest arrest
Joseph Bologna surrendered Monday to face aggravated assault and other charges stemming from video that shows him striking a student protester in the head with a metal baton.
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Supreme Court weighs qualified immunity for police accused of misconduct
Critics of the qualified immunity doctrine have called it a "Catch-22" that says to victims, in effect, "Heads the police win. Tails you lose."
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From ‘flash bangs’ to ‘rubber’ bullets: The very real risks of ‘riot control agents’
Concern about the excessive use of these weapons has been growing in recent days.
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As Trump blames antifa, protest records show scant evidence
The president has tried to portray the protesters and looters with a broad brush as “radical-left, bad people,” ominously invoking the name “antifa."
4 years ago
Prosecutor: 2 Buffalo police charged with assault in shoving
Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski, who surrendered Saturday morning, pleaded not guilty to second-degree assault. They were released without bail.
4 years ago
10 times Philly police were in the national spotlight for bad behavior
In one 2015 incident, officers were cleared in the killing of a Black man pulled over for a traffic violation.
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Philly judge overturns 23-year-old murder conviction of man on death row
In 1996, a jury convicted Walter Ogrod of murdering a girl in Northeast Philadelphia. On Friday, he left prison a free man after prosecutors found he was “likely innocent."
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