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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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In this file photo, a police cruiser is parked in Camden, N.J. (Bas Slabbers/for WHYY, file)
Courts & Law

N.J. police departments ordered to identify problem cops, randomly drug test officers

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said the new rules were part of an effort to increase “transparency and accountability.”

8 years ago

Upper Darby Police Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Former Philly cop, now Upper Darby chief, offers nuanced take on halting gun violence

'I’m not against the NRA, but I’m not for the NRA,' says Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood.

8 years ago

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Francis Brauner was instrumental in helping launch a class-action lawsuit on behalf of current inmates at Louisiana's Angola prison, suing for care that allegedly caused them
NPR
Community

Angola prison lawsuit poses question: What kind of medical care do inmates deserve?

Angola prison is the largest maximum security prison in the country. There are over 6,000 men incarcerated there, most of them serving life sentences.

8 years ago

State police trooper in Franklin County (Public Opinion)
Money

Pa. budget hearings dredge up police funding conundrum (again)

Pennsylvania lawmakers are trying to figure out a better way to pay for state police.

8 years ago

U.S. Senators Pat Toomey and Chris Coons announce their gun legislation in Philadelphia, March 5, 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Senators Toomey and Coons want FBI to alert states when potential gun buyer fails a background check

Convicted felons, fugitives, domestic abusers and others not legally allowed to buy guns try to do so anyway. They’re known as “lie and try” buyers.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Police Department headquarters at 7th and Race streets (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Krasner files charges against former Philly cop for alleged brutality

The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has filed criminal charges against a former police officer for allegedly brutalizing a pedestrian while making an on-duty arrest.

8 years ago

Gun control protest
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Helen Ubiñas: Gun control and everyday violence must not be ignored

Ubiñas, a longtime commentator on gun violence in Philadelphia, read her column, "Everyday gun violence must be part of gun control reckoning," on NewsWorks Tonight.

8 years ago

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