Policing
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
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
The city has received a high volume of misconduct complaints since the protests began.
6 years ago
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.
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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
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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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‘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
Listen 21:55Protesters 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
‘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, 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.
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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.
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