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Rochelle Bilal (center), president of the Guardian Civic League, and Brian Mildenberg (right) attorney for a group of African American police officers, level charges of racism against the leadership at the Philadelphia narcotics unit. (
Courts & Law

Black cops sue, claiming racism in Philly narcotics unit

The Guardian Civic League claims narcotics supervisors ordered underlings to fudge paperwork to protect informants — and retaliated when some refused.

8 years ago

The principal is apologizing after sixth graders at Talley Middle School were given an assignment that required them to draw a picture or
Education

Principal apologizes after 6th graders tasked to draw fictional addict's 'mug shot'

A sixth grade health class assignment that required students to write about a fictional drug addict reaching rock bottom and to draw thei ...

8 years ago

Talib Kweli, the keynote speaker at this year’s hip hop summit at Stockton University. (Bill Barlow for WHYY)
Community

Talib Kweli: BLM is a peaceful movement fighting ‘a violent police state’

The rapper made his comments on Thursday as the keynote speaker at this year’s Hip Hop Summit at Stockton University.

8 years ago

Deputy police Commissioner for special operations Dennis Wilson and SEPTA Police Commissioner Thomas Nestel.
Courts & Law

Following NYC explosion ‘wake-up call,’ more police on patrol in Philly

The Philadelphia Police Department and SEPTA have assigned extra officers to Center City and transportation hubs.

8 years ago

Delaware State Police
Courts & Law

Delaware State Police ID teen killed in shootout with police

Delaware State Police identified the teenager who was fatally wounded in a shootout with police over the weekend as Juliun Pitcher of Smyrna. 

8 years ago

Attorney David Rudovsky says Philadelphia has made progress  in reining in officers who ignore the city's stop-and-frisk guidelines, but more vigilance is needed.  (AP file  photo)
Courts & Law

Stop-and-frisk abuses ebb, but report says some Philly police still ignore guidelines

Thousands of residents — predominately black — are still being questioned and patted down without any legal basis.

8 years ago

Former inmate Robert Rice is on this third stay at the Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Incarceration can launch stubborn cycle of homelessness, Villanova researcher finds

Using homelessness as a barometer, a Villanova criminologist looked at the experiences of more than 10,000 state inmates for nearly a decade after they were released.

8 years ago

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Philadelphia has agreed to pay two individuals $250,000 after they were targeted by police for filming officers on duty. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)
Courts & Law

2 targeted after filming Philly cops get combined $250,000 from city

The settlement follows a federal appeals court decision affirming that citizens have a First Amendment right to record on-duty police officers.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro (center), Shira Goodman, CeaseFire PA executive director, (left) and Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross (right) held a press conference at police headquarters Tuesday to express concern over concealed carry reciprocity. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania AG, Philly police commissioner criticize conceal-carry bill in Congress

The legislation would authorize a gun owner with a permit from any state to carry a concealed weapon anywhere in the United States.

8 years ago

Rapper Meek Mill arrives at the criminal justice center in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. A Philadelphia judge has sentenced rapper Mill to two to four years in state prison for violating probation in a nearly decade-old gun and drug case.
Courts & Law

Meek Mill’s lawyers: FBI investigation into judge means she should leave case

Lawyers for Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill say the FBI has been looking into Common Pleas Judge Genece Brinkley’s “conduct in connection” with Mill since last year.

8 years ago

White nationalists clash with police as they are forced out of Emancipation Park after the
NPR
Community

What went wrong in Charlottesville? Almost everything, says report

A review of Charlottesville's handling of the white nationalist rally there in August found that law enforcement and city officials made several significant mistakes.

8 years ago

New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino announces the arrests of 79 suspects in child pornography investigation. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Trenton cop among 79 arrested in New Jersey on child pornography charges

Ranging in age from 14 to 75, the suspects include a Trenton police officer, a youth minister, a swimming coach, a piano teacher and an IT professional.

8 years ago

U.S. Supreme Court (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Supreme Court takes up case about privacy in digital age

The Supreme Court is taking up a case about privacy rights that could limit the government's ability to track Americans' movements in the digital age.

8 years ago

Victims of sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual abuse and their supporters protest during a
NPR
Courts & Law

Sexual harassment cases often rejected by courts

The standard for harassment under the law is high, and only an estimated 3 percent to 6 percent of the cases ever make it to trial.

8 years ago

Camden police cars on the street with lights flashing
Courts & Law

Complaints of excessive police force plummet in Camden

Barring a turbulent end to 2017, the year could end with fewer than 20 complaints — down from 65 in 2014.

8 years ago

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