Policing

Calls to defund the police are growing across the nation as Philadelphia moves forward with a plan to create a new class of law enforcement.

The 24-year-old Philadelphia man is also charged with the illegal possession of a weapon because he was already convicted for a felony.

As Rayshard Brooks lay dying, prosecutors say the Atlanta police officer who shot him in the back kicked him and didn’t give him medical attention for more than two minutes.

After weeks of protest, Philly Council passed a preliminary budget plan that responds to calls for reprioritization in spending.

The open public hearing is one of two required by the City Charter each year.

The measures come in the wake of nearly three weeks of protests over police brutality, following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

The city has received a high volume of misconduct complaints since the protests began.

Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard made the announcement about officer Garrett Rolfe during a news conference.

City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas said he hopes the ambassadors will come from the neighborhoods where they would be assigned.

In the complaint, the Federal Bureau of Investigation lays out how it came to detain Blumenthal in granular detail using social media and internet sleuthing.

About half of American adults now say police violence against the public is a “very” or “extremely” serious problem, up from about a third as recently as September last year.

How do you reduce funding for police, and change their role in communities, while ensuring public safety for all?

We are a multiracial city made of monoracial blocks. A city where men delicately penned declarations of independence, a city that hosted slave auctions.

I’m a Black man in North Philadelphia who survived prison and helps people returning to the community. We need to reinvent policing from the ground up.

Calls to "defund the police" range from major reallocations of resources to abolishing forces entirely. What could that look like? And what do Philadelphians want?