Courts & Law

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.

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.

Saying he was humbled, Kenney called for a barrage of changes aimed at increasing accountability and getting problem officers off the streets.

The video was released after the family of Maurice Gordon demanded to know how and why he died. The investigation continues.

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.

A North Jersey Republican says Gov. Phil Murphy violated his own executive order marching with Black Lives Matter protests; wants State Police to act.

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.

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."

Concern about the excessive use of these weapons has been growing in recent days.

The president has tried to portray the protesters and looters with a broad brush as “radical-left, bad people,” ominously invoking the name “antifa."

Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalski, who surrendered Saturday morning, pleaded not guilty to second-degree assault. They were released without bail.

In one 2015 incident, officers were cleared in the killing of a Black man pulled over for a traffic violation.

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."

Staff Inspector Joe Bologna has a history of misconduct and is linked to past PPD corruption scandals.

Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver emphasized the significance of Pierre-Louis’ accomplishments, saying, “Today there is more glass on the floor.”