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(Darryl C. Murphy/The Notebook)
Education
The Notebook

General board hearing Thursday likely to focus on school officers and reopening plans

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

6 years ago

Police and protesters in Philadelphi
Politics & Policy

Philly Council committee advances two pieces of police reform package

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

6 years ago

A Fishtown resident chats with a police officer during the 'End Racism Now' gathering on June 9, 2020. (Domenic Malandro/Darkside Media, LLC)
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

‘There’s gonna be looting,’ police warned white Fishtowners, showing a close-knit relationship that plays out across Philly

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

6 years ago

This screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks speaking with Officer Garrett Rolfe in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant, late Friday, June 12, 2020, in Atlanta. Rolfe has been fired following the fatal shooting of Brooks and a second officer has been placed on administrative duty. (Atlanta Police Department via AP)
Courts & Law

Officer who shot Rayshard Brooks charged with felony murder

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

6 years ago

A person wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks past stuttered businesses in Philadelphia, Thursday, May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Philly councilmembers call for ambassadors, not police, to enforce social distancing

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

6 years ago

Police cars burn in front of City Hall
Community

Feds use internet sleuthing to charge Philly woman with arson during protests

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.

6 years ago

Temple students take a knee
Community

AP-NORC poll: Sweeping change in US views of police violence

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.

6 years ago

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Community Conversations
Community

Police reimagined: The future of public safety

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

6 years ago

Protesters watch smoke from police vehicles rise. (Phobymo)
Community

Homebound: How a new circumstance is helping me rethink an old place

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

6 years ago

Founder and executive director of The Center for Returning Citizens Jondhi J. Harrell. (Ryan Collerd for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

I did 25 years in prison. Don’t abolish police — demilitarize and detoxify policing

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.

6 years ago

Philadelphia police protect the entrance to police headquarters on 8th Street as protesters march by on Saturday, May 30, 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Politics & Policy

‘Defund the police’: The view from Philly

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?

Air Date: June 16, 2020

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Arts supporters pound their hearts along with performers at a rally to fund the arts in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Protesters call to divert police dollars; counter-protesters support South Philly police captain

Two separate protests Tuesday criticized Mayor Jim Kenney’s budget priorities and suggest the police budget could be used to fix them.

6 years ago

Someone spray painted 'Black Lives Matter' on a memorial dedicated to state police troopers killed in the line of duty located outside State Police headquarters in Dover. (Courtesy of Delaware State Police)
Courts & Law

‘Black Lives Matter’ spray-painted on Delaware police memorial

Delaware police are trying to figure out who spray-painted the words "Black Lives Matter" on a monument dedicated to state troopers killed in the line of duty.

6 years ago

Delbert Africa
Community

Delbert Africa, longtime MOVE member recently released from prison, has died

Delbert Africa was one of nine MOVE members convicted of third-degree murder following a 1978 standoff with police that left an officer dead and many others injured.

6 years ago

(Karly Domb Sadof/AP)
Courts & Law

Pa. court ordered to look at state police social media policy

The case began when the ACLU asked for the police agency’s policies and procedures for its troopers to use social media monitoring software.

6 years ago

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