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A man who was carrying an AR-15 assault rifle, such as this one, around several neighborhoods in Montgomery County was arrested by Abington police Thursday. Police say they were alerted by family of the unidentified man that he night pose a danger to himself or others. (ActionSports/Bigstock)
Community

Man with AR-15 wandering Montco neighborhoods in custody

The man, who police did not identify, is undergoing an involuntary mental health exam.

8 years ago

The Philadelphia Police and Fire Honor Guard fire a rifle salute in honor of fallen officers and firefighters.
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Community

Philly honors fallen police officers, firefighters

The Philadelphia Police and Fire Departments honored those who died in the line of duty with a service Wednesday

8 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross (center) and deputies at City Council hearing (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Racist graffiti found in Philadelphia police station

Area is secured, so the culprit likely to be a member of the force or support staff, police commissioner says.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross says language in the note left taped over a work station's trash can was
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Philly police chief’s apology over Starbucks arrests met with demands to fix what went wrong

Commissioner Richard Ross apologizes after previously defending police for their handling of the incident.

8 years ago

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Police Commissioner Richard Ross says the officers who arrested two African-American men inside a Center City Starbucks last week did
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

As fallout over Starbucks arrests continues, Philly police chief stands by cops

Arresting officers 'may have gone according to policy, they may have followed the law, but they didn't have to do this,' says legal expert.

8 years ago

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Pennsylvania has concealed carry permit reciprocity with 29 states . The state Attorney General's hopes to clarify rules for gun owners with a new website. (Seth Perlman/AP Photo, File)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania launches concealed-carry website to clarify rules for gun owners

The state Attorney General’s office has launched a web ...

8 years ago

Courts & Law

Philly mayor: Starbucks arrests ‘exemplify what racial discrimination looks like in 2018’

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross says the police officers who arrested two black men at a Starbucks in Center City "did absolutely nothing wrong."

8 years ago

Route I-81 near Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Courts & Law

For cops who want to help ICE crack down on illegal immigration, Pennsylvania is a free-for-all

Without guidelines or oversight, some officers are using traffic stops to question Hispanics and turn over undocumented immigrants to ICE.

8 years ago

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Police in Princeton, N.J. closed Nassau Street between Washington and Witherspoon streets after a person with a gun entered the Panera restaurant there. (Dana Difilippo/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Man killed in Panera standoff was armed with what turned out to be BB gun

New Jersey officials have released surveillance footage in last month's shooting death of an armed man inside the Panera Bread restaurant, near Princeton University's campus.

8 years ago

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks at a civics event in January in Seattle. Sotomayor wrote a scathing dissent about police shootings Monday
NPR
Courts & Law

Police shootings stir outrage among some, but not the Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court has again stepped into the bitter public turmoil over police shootings of civilians.

8 years ago

Demonstrators gather outside the entrance to the Sacramento City Council chambers to protest the shooting death of Stephon Clark by Sacramento police, Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in Sacramento,
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community

It appears to be open season on those standing up against racism

Long before Stephon Clark was shot dead by Sacramento police officers, those who dared to protest police mistreatment of African-Americans became targets.

8 years ago

Protesters hold up signs in a march and rally for slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., on March 31, 2012. (Julie Fletcher/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump budget would eliminate DOJ peacemaking office

Justice Department official Lee Loftus told reporters in February the CRS is a "small entity in Justice today."

8 years ago

Sandra Sterling, the aunt of Alton Sterling cries out after viewing his body at the F.G. Clark Activity Center in Baton Rouge, La., Friday, July 15, 2016. Alton Sterling was shot July 5 outside a Baton Rouge convenience store in an encounter with police that was caught on video.
Courts & Law

2 officers in black man’s fatal shooting won’t be charged

Louisiana's attorney general ruled out criminal charges Tuesday against two white Baton Rouge police officers in the fatal shooting of a black man outside a convenience store.

8 years ago

New Jersey Assemblyman John McKeon
Courts & Law

N.J. lawmaker wants to roll back criminal justice changes, bring back cash bail

Assemblyman John McKeon, D-Essex, has proposed returning to judges the power to require monetary bail amounts for any criminal defendant.

8 years ago

In this file photo, Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa. listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with lawmakers about trade policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Trump in Toomey’s corner on penalizing Philly, other ‘sanctuary cities’

'I think they are talking to a certain audience within the country,' says Congressman Dwight Evans, a Philadelphia Democrat.

8 years ago

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