Policing
Renewed effort to shine light on police misconduct in Delaware
After lawmakers failed to make police misconduct more open to the public, they are now meeting with police leaders and others to hammer out their differences.
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Delco DA: ‘Near certainty’ that officers fatally shot 8-year-old girl outside football stadium
The shooting killed 8-year-old Fanta Bility and injured several others outside the Academy Park High School football stadium.
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Krasner recaps a ‘very rough’ week of gun violence in Philly
After some recent improvement in gun homicide numbers, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner says this past week was “very rough.”
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Philadelphia youth anti-violence efforts lack coordination at city level, panelists say
Activists at a community conversation pushed for more centralized resources.
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Tens of thousands of Black women vanish each year. This website tells their stories
Tens of thousands of Black girls and women go missing every year. Last year, that figure was nearly 100,000. Yet their cases hardly ever grab national headlines.
5 years ago
How unfulfilled promises of ‘21st-century policing’ are haunting Delco
Many in Delaware County are asking tough questions after a Chester use-of-force incident and a child’s death due to suspected Sharon Hill police fire.
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Listen 1:43With hard-won support of Philly’s top cop, bill to ban minor traffic stops moves ahead
A bill that would ban police enforcement of certain vehicle stops that disproportionately affect Black drivers moved forward Wednesday after months of debate.
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Ex-Dewey Beach cop convicted for bloody attack on injured man and falsely claiming he was strangled
The victim had been out drinking with friends before he fell and hit his head. He didn’t want to go to the hospital, so officer Gregory Lynch beat him.
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SEPTA investigating after employee punches a man at Frankford Transportation Center
SEPTA officials say the attack occurred Monday around 9:30 a.m.
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Media fascination with the Petito mystery looks like racism to some Native Americans
Since the year 2000, Indigenous people have made up 21% of homicides in Wyoming, even though only three percent of the population is Indigenous.
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Videos posted to Facebook show a Chester police officer repeatedly punching 16-year-old Bahir Green. Green’s family is calling for transparency and accountability.
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Philly DA’s office running out of city funding to help relocate witnesses
Krasner says Philadelphia’s high homicide rate is resulting in big spending for witness and victim relocation.
5 years ago
Minnesota high court OKs ballot question on Minneapolis PD
The state’s highest court overturned a lower court ruling that rejected ballot language approved by the City Council.
5 years ago
New details emerge in shooting death of 8-year-old girl at Academy Park High School football game
Three Sharon Hill police officers opened fire on a vehicle outside the Academy Park High School football stadium, sources say.
5 years ago
Massachusetts man convicted of sending threatening emails to Police Commissioner Outlaw
Peter Fratus, 39, of West Dennis, Massachusetts, was charged with transmitting threatening communications in interstate commerce.
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