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Demonstrators stand near a Trader Joe's grocery Monday night, protesting the decision to not charge Sacramento police officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark last year. Protesters also marched into a nearby neighborhood; police arrested 84 people. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Police arrest 84 after Stephon Clark protest in East Sacramento

The police response to Monday's march was a stark contrast to last year, when officers made only a handful of arrests despite protesters shutting down Interstate 5.

8 years ago

Stevante Clark, (center right), hugs family and mourners during the funeral services for police shooting victim Stephon Clark at Bayside Of South Sacramento Church in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 29, 2018. Clark, who was unarmed, was shot and killed by Sacramento Police Officers, Sunday, March 18, 2018. (Jeff Chiu/AP Photo, Pool)
Courts & Law

2 Sacramento cops who shot Stephon Clark won’t face charges

The two Sacramento police officers whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black man last year prompted nationwide protests will not face criminal charges, prosecutors announced.

8 years ago

In this Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 photo, barbed wire lines the top of a wall at the deactivated House of Correction in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

81 Pa. county jail suicides in 4 years: A look at how jails report deaths

Numbers from the state Department of Corrections provide context for the breadth of the problem across Pennsylvania. Figures for the most recent year were released in February

8 years ago

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, is sworn in to testify before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Michael Cohen’s testimony and what it means

Marty and her guests discuss the public testimony of former-Trump lawyer and confidant, Michael Cohen, and what it means for the President.

Air Date: February 28, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:28
Pennsylvania State Police vehicle
Politics & Policy

3rd time a charm? Wolf’s police fee plan gets new attention

The latest effort by Gov. Tom Wolf to impose a fee on municipalities that rely on state troopers, instead of a local police force, is generating new conversations.

8 years ago

Cars parked in the median on South Broad Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Illegal parkers beware: Philadelphia wants you out of the crosswalk and off the sidewalk

Advocates acknowledge that residents need their parking spots. But they argue when too many accommodations are made to the city’s “car culture,” pedestrians lose out.

8 years ago

A group of Philadelphia police cadets, touring drug torn Kensington, gather at a vacant lot on East Lippincott Street where their instructors show them signs that heroin is being used there.
Community

Philadelphia police recruits get up-close tour of Kensington neighborhood

The Philadelphia Police Academy’s new class visited the epicenter of the city’s opioid crisis. Officers told them to be open to unconventional solutions.

8 years ago

Listen 2:02
Philadelphia Police Department headquarters at 7th and Race streets. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Ex-Philly detective faces charges in sexual assault of witnesses

A former Philadelphia police officer was arrested Tuesday on allegations he sexually assaulted male witnesses and suspects over his decade-plus career as a detective.

8 years ago

Police Chief Robert J. Tracy called the charges “deeply troubling and disheartening.
Courts & Law

Wilmington police officer charged with raping woman in patrol car

Wilmington police Cpl. Thomas R. Oliver Jr. allegedly extorted a woman into performing a sex act on him in his patrol car in October.

8 years ago

Vaughn prison in Smyrna, Delaware. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Prosecutors, defense attorney argue over inmate responsibility in deadly Del. riot trial

Attorneys argued over “accomplice liability” during closing arguments in a prison riot trial.

8 years ago

Na-sha Lockett, 18, plans to sue Philadelphia Police for a violent arrest last Wednesday. (Courtesy of Emeka Igwe)
Courts & Law

Woman plans to sue Philly police over violent arrest caught on tape

A violent arrest by a Philadelphia cop was filmed by a passer-by. Now, the woman intends to sue the department.
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8 years ago

A Philadelphia police officer moves from tent to tent telling residents of the Emerald Street encampment that it's time to go. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

In Kensington, police offer drug users help instead of criminal charges

A Philadelphia police-assisted diversion program has expanded to the epicenter of the opioid crisis. The goal is to provide services to some drug users — not to make arrests.

8 years ago

A state trooper pulled over Rebecca Castro, a US citizen, and questioned her passengers about their legal status. That behavior is now forbidden in Pennsylvania, according to new regulations aimed at halting unlawful searches and detentions. (Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Courts & Law
ProPublica

Pa. State Police now limited in flagging undocumented immigrants to ICE

The state police just implemented a policy banning some of the most egregious behavior exposed in an investigation last year.

8 years ago

Tara Raigns, of Petersburg, Va., right, reacts to Gov. Ralph Northam's comments during a news conference in the Governor's Mansion in Richmond, Va., on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. She joined protesters outside, calling for his resignation. (Alexa Welch Edlund/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
Community

Blackface scandal spotlights deeply embedded racism in U.S.

The incident came on the first day of Black History Month and as Virginians prepare for the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to Jamestown.

8 years ago

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal responds to an audience member during a community listening session on police use of force in Bridgeton, N.J., Jan. 23, 2019. (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
Community

New Jersey AG to create new system for holding problem cops accountable

A month after an extensive NJ.com investigation, state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal says he wants to improve how police departments track use-of-force incidents.

8 years ago

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