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Community members walk towards the Symbol of Solidarity mural alongside elected officials. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Community

Pa. First Lady Frances Wolf visits Jenkintown to mark National Day of Racial Healing

The event in the Montgomery County community included speakers and praise for a local mural and documentary, both called ‘Symbol of Solidarity.’

4 years ago

A person holds a sign that reads Justice for Fanta in front of a sign that reads Sharon Hill Police Department.
Courts & Law

Three Sharon Hill police officers charged in the death of 8-year-old Fanta Bility

Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced the charges in connection with the August incident after an Academy Park football game.

4 years ago

Catherine Hicks is sworn in as the president of the Philadelphia NAACP.
Community

Catherine Hicks marks six months at the helm of Philadelphia’s NAACP chapter

Hicks, who is also publisher of Philadelphia Sunday Sun, reflected on that time and what’s ahead for the chapter with WHYY’s Cherri Gregg.

4 years ago

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FILE -  In this April 26, 2017 file photograph, a Newark, N.J. police officer displays how a body cam is worn during a news conference in Newark. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Politics & Policy

N.J. Legislature passes bill to allow police to review body camera footage in some cases

The original bill was vetoed by Gov. Phil Murphy last year. The new measure lays out cases in which police would not be allowed to review the footage.

4 years ago

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin listens to verdicts at his trial in April for the 2020 death of George Floyd at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter charges in state court and is scheduled to be sentenced June 25.
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Courts & Law

Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charges in Floyd’s murder

Chauvin’s plea Wednesday means he will not face a federal trial in January, though he could end up spending more years behind bars when a judge sentences him at a later date.

4 years ago

Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski, far right, plays a video the jury asked to see as part of their deliberation during the trial of Greg McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William
Courts & Law

Philly’s former chief defender on why the jury convicted Ahmaud Arbery’s killers

Keir Bradford-Grey, former chief of the Philadelphia Defenders Association, explains why the defendants’ claims of self-defense did not hold up in court.

4 years ago

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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
Courts & Law

‘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
Courts & Law

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

Mural Arts Executive Director Jane Golden opens the dedication ceremony for a George Floyd tribute mural in Philadelphia's Olney neighborhood. The mural was painted by local artist Randal Whitfield on the wall of Tang Pharmacy at 5th Street and West Olney Avenue
Community

‘Never Forgotten’: George Floyd mural returns bigger and better after offensive graffiti

Created in partnership with Mural Arts, the 110-foot artwork in Olney is a replacement for a smaller version that was defaced by white supremacist graffiti.

4 years ago

Former Bordentown Police Chief Frank Nucera Jr.
Courts & Law

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
Courts & Law

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

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
Courts & Law

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

Former Bordentown, N.J. Police Chief Frank Nucera Jr. (NJ Spotlight)
Courts & Law

Star witness in ex-Bordentown police chief’s hate crime retrial wraps 4 days of testimony

Lt. Nathan Roohr cooperated with the FBI to secretly record his former boss, then-Bordentown Police Chief Frank Nucera Jr. for nine months in 2016.

4 years ago

Gareth and Fe Hall (Fred Adams for Spotlight PA)
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

The final moments: Videos show Christian Hall, 19, had his hands up when police fatally shot him

Authorities obscured the last 4 seconds of Christian Hall’s life in publicly released videos. New footage shows the teenager had his hands up when Pa. State Police killed him.

4 years ago

The exterior of Azavea headquarters
Community
Billy Penn

Reckoning at Philly tech company where VP faced few consequences after using N-word during work meeting

Last year’s Black Lives Matter statement resurfaced the 2016 incident.

4 years ago

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