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The exterior of Philadelphia Police Department headquarters
Courts & Law
6abc

13 Philadelphia officers placed on administrative duty amid gun arrest audit

The audit revealed several discrepancies that required further investigation, a PPD spokesperson said.

4 years ago

Student activists at a rally in support of a bill that would address policing in schools at the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton. (Tennyson Donyéa/WHYY)
Education

N.J. students, activists demand action on legislation to confront ‘overpolicing’ in schools

Students and community organizers say there needs to be more transparency about the number of mental health professionals and police officers in schools.

4 years ago

File photo of Frank Nucera, former police chief of Bordentown Township. (6abc)
Courts & Law

‘Taking stock’ on whether Frank Nucera will face another trial

After two mistrials, legal analysts say the federal government must decide whether it will pursue a new trial against the former police chief of Bordentown Township.

4 years ago

fatal house fire in Buckingham Township, Bucks County. (6abc)
Courts & Law
6abc

Man arrested in connection with deadly Bucks County house fire: Court documents

According to court documents, Julius Delick, 81, was killed in the blaze. He was found in a second-floor bedroom.

4 years ago

The westbound lanes of the Atlantic City Expressway
Courts & Law

Atlantic City, Pleasantville police to pilot a new approach to traffic stops this summer

The South Jersey police departments will participate in a Stockton University project to field test a concept known as “procedural justice” in the U.S. for the first time.

4 years ago

Katie Wright, the mother of Daunte Wright, left, and his father, Arbuey Wright, right, arrive Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021 at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis for the third day of jury selection for former suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter, who says she meant to grab her Taser instead of her handgun when she shot and killed motorist Daunte Wright. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Mostly white jury seated for trial in Daunte Wright’s death

Kim Potter is charged with manslaughter in Wright’s death in April in Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb.

4 years ago

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2 – State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, D-Phila., and others held a news conference today, outside of the Leon Sullivan Trust Building on North Broad Street, calling for the declaration of a state of emergency on gun violence in Philadelphia. (Photo courtesy Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta)
The Philadelphia Tribune

Kenyatta calls for state of emergency on gun violence in Philadelphia

State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta on Thursday called on Gov. Tom Wolf and Mayor Jim Kenney to declare a state of emergency in Philadelphia.

4 years ago

Former Bordentown Police Chief Frank Nucera Jr.
Courts & Law

Mistrial declared again in hate crime case against former South Jersey police chief

This is the second time a jury has been deadlocked on the charges of hate crime assault and civil rights deprivation against former Bordentown Chief Frank Nucera Jr.

4 years ago

Closeup of a police vehicle in Philadelphia
Courts & Law
6abc

Off-duty Philadelphia police officer shot multiple times

The shooting happened near the intersection of N. 13th and W. Pike streets in North Philadelphia.

4 years ago

A view from below of the Camden Federal Courthouse
Courts & Law

Jury begins deliberations in hate crime trial for former South Jersey police chief

A mostly white jury will decide whether Bordentown’s former police chief Frank Nucera slammed the head of a handcuffed teenager into a door jamb because he was Black.

4 years ago

The family of Daunte Wright attend a rally and march organized by families who were victims of police brutality in  in St. Paul, Minn.,Monday, May 24, 2021.  The trial for the police officer accused of killing Daunte Wright starts Monday. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
Courts & Law

For cop who shot Daunte Wright, will ‘wrong gun’ plea work?

Legal experts say a conviction isn’t as certain as it might seem — at least on the most serious charge she faces, manslaughter.

4 years ago

Former Bordentown Police Chief Frank Nucera Jr.
Courts & Law

Hate crime trial for former N.J. police chief will go to the jury on Monday

The defense only called one witness, an FBI agent on the case who called it “atypical.” Federal prosecutors and Frank Nucera Jr.’s attorneys will give closing arguments on Mon

4 years ago

A police officer drives in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

Philly police dispatchers indicted for collecting pandemic unemployment, prosecutors say

Federal prosecutors say the employees fraudulently collected Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, while also collecting their city paychecks.

4 years ago

Volunteers wearing balloons lead Philadelphia's 100th Thanksgiving Day Parade. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Courts & Law

After Wisconsin tragedy, Philly police are confident in their Thanksgiving Parade safety plan

After police say a man intentionally plowed through a crowd of holiday parade marchers in Wisconsin, Philly law enforcement say Thursday’s Thanksgiving event will be safe.

4 years ago

Rev. Al Sharpton speaks outside Legislative Hall in Dover Monday afternoon in support of legislation that would open up police misconduct records to public scrutiny. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Rev. Sharpton pushes for Delaware police accountability bill in Dover rally

Efforts to make police misconduct records more available to the public in Delaware got a boost from civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton Monday afternoon.

4 years ago

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