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Former Louisville Police officer Brett Hankison discusses the muzzle flashes that he saw coming from the apartment as is questioned by the prosecution, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Louisville, Ky
Courts & Law

Ex-officer cleared in shooting during Breonna Taylor raid

The jury on Thursday found Brett Hankison not guilty of three counts of wanton endangerment for firing shots that ripped into a neighboring apartment.

4 years ago

Drivers travel down North Broad Street
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Philly becomes the first big U.S. city with a law banning minor traffic stops

The Driving Equality Law was crafted after data confirmed these kinds of violations overwhelmingly affect Black drivers.

4 years ago

Philadelphia police shot and killed a 12-year-old on Tuesday night, March 1, 2022. (6abc)
Courts & Law

12-year-old shot and killed by Philly police, investigators say they don’t have ‘definitive determination’ of what happened

Police shot and killed a 12-year-old boy in South Philadelphia on Tuesday night after their unmarked police vehicle was struck by gunfire.

4 years ago

A police officer shines a flashlight onto a car window with a bullet hole in it
Courts & Law
6abc

Police shoot, kill 12-year-old who allegedly opened fire on officers in South Philly

Officials say the 12-year-old was in possession of a stolen 9MM, semi-automatic handgun, recovered from the scene.

4 years ago

Police officers patrol Market Street in Wilmington
Courts & Law

Wilmington police officer indicted for two alleged assaults and trying to cover them up

The investigation into former Patrolman Samuel Waters stemmed from a videotaped encounter inside a Southbridge store that went viral on social media.

4 years ago

Inside the New Jersey State House building in Trenton. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

N.J. lawmakers approve bias training for police, assemblyman’s comments decried as ‘rooted in racist ideology’

Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-26) suggested that instead of implicit bias training, lawmakers should read the Declaration of Independence.

4 years ago

(6abc)
Politics & Policy
6abc

Bullet pierces window of Philadelphia Police Internal Affairs building late Friday night

Police say a bullet pierced the window of Internal Affairs, nobody inside was injured.

4 years ago

New Jersey Assembly chambers. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

N.J. Assembly to vote on police reform measures next week

One bill would require local police departments to hold at least two community roundtable discussions each year.

4 years ago

An empty SEPTA train car. (Anna Orso/Billy Penn)
Community

SEPTA is replacing security guards with guides to offer kinder service to riders

The guides will use a less confrontational method to remind riders about SEPTA rules including fare evasion and smoking policies.

4 years ago

FILE - In this image from police body camera video shown as evidence in court, Minneapolis police Officers Thomas Lane, left, and J. Alexander Kueng, second from right, gather information as they take George Floyd into custody outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis, on May 25, 2020. Former police Officers Tou Thao, Kueng and Lane are on trial in federal court accused of violating Floyd's civil rights as fellow Officer Derek Chauvin killed him. (Minneapolis Police Department via AP, File)
Courts & Law

3 ex-cops convicted of rights violations in Floyd killing

Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were charged with depriving Floyd of his right to medical care when Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck.

4 years ago

Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison prepares to leave the courtroom during a recess Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, in Louisville, Ky. Prosecutors begin their case against a the only officer charged, former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison, in the deadly Breonna Taylor raid
Courts & Law

Ex-officer in Breonna Taylor raid said he saw AR-15 fire

Brett Hankison is charged with wanton endangerment for shooting through Taylor’s apartment into the home of her neighbor.

4 years ago

Colin Kaepernick, co-creator of the Netflix dramatic limited series, Colin in Black and White, attends the series premiere on Oct. 28, 2021. The former NFL quarterback has launched an initiative to offer free second autopsies in police-related deaths. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
NPR
Community

Colin Kaepernick launches new initiative to offer autopsies for police-related deaths

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick announced the start of a new initiative to offer free second autopsies to family members of anyone whose death is "police-related."

4 years ago

A Pennsylvania Police Trooper vehicle
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Pa. State Police push back on panel recommendation requiring independent investigations when troopers kill, injure

While PSP agreed to make changes or consider policy revisions based on an oversight committee’s recommendations, they did not give up the ability to investigate their own.

4 years ago

A police officer drives in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

‘This is absolute insanity’: Philly police union sues to strike down ‘Driving Equality’ law

The Fraternal Order of Police says the law is ‘wholly preempted’ by state law

4 years ago

We Are Not Like Them is published by Simon & Schuster. (Christine Han/Brittney Valdez)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Christine Pride and Jo Piazza on ‘We Are Not Like Them’

The novel is written from alternating perspectives and tells the story of two women of different races whose friendship is altered by a tragic police shooting in Philadelphia.

Air Date: February 22, 2022 10:00 am

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