
Aaron Moselle covers housing and community development for WHYY’s PlanPhilly, filing stories for both radio and web. He’s a native of the city and calls South Philadelphia home.
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Family of Walter Wallace Jr. is suing the two Philly police officers who killed him
The lawsuit filed Wednesday accuses the two officers of using unreasonable and unauthorized force when they fatally shot Wallace last fall.
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‘Welcome back, everybody’: Phillies fans return for that rite of spring, Opening Day
Phillies fans in facemasks, albeit fewer of them than usual, streamed into Citizens Bank Park for the first time in a year Thursday for Opening Day.
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Philly police officer, former detective arrested for allegedly beating man with autism
Philly DA Larry Krasner says brothers James and Patrick Smith lied to investigators about the assault and identified themselves to the victim as “town watch.”
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Philly to unveil long-awaited update to its plan to fight gun violence in April
City health officials said the new plan will take a more preventative approach.
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Philly district attorney to launch LGBTQ advisory board
The DA’s Office said the new LGBTQ+ advisory board will be a source of information and resources for victims and survivors of crime.
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South Jersey U.S. Rep. Andy Kim launches PAC to empower candidates of color
The In Our Hands PAC went public on Wednesday after forming late last year.
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Police investigating ‘hateful and racist’ vandalism in Chinatown, South Philly
Philly police say they are actively investigating two incidents of racist vandalism in Chinatown and in South Philly.
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Philly DA candidates debate over how to handle gun violence epidemic, cash bail
During a forum hosted by the Philadelphia Bar Association, three candidates debated how they would deal with the city’s historic gun violence crisis.
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Days after a young man was murdered on prison grounds, Philadelphia’s union for city correctional officers is calling on Prisons Commissioner Blanche Carney to resign.
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Philly civil rights attorneys seek to end stop-and-frisk for ‘quality of life’ offenses
A new court filing seeks to order Philly police to end the practice of stop-and-frisks premised on “quality of life” issues.
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Pa. coronavirus update: Suburban counties jointly decry plan for single PEMA vaccine site
In a statement, elected officials from Montco, Delco, Bucks, and Chesco say a single regional site will “compromise equitable distribution.”
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Philadelphia man fatally shot on prison grounds shortly after being released
Twenty-year-old Rodney Hargrove was killed roughly an hour after he left Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility.
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