Policing

Fanta Bility was shot after a football game at Academy Park High School on Aug. 27.

The measure requires the state’s Civil Service Commission to implement programs to make law enforcement more representative and equitable.

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.

The shooting killed 8-year-old Fanta Bility and injured several others outside the Academy Park High School football stadium.

After some recent improvement in gun homicide numbers, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner says this past week was “very rough.”

Activists at a community conversation pushed for more centralized resources.

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.

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.

A bill that would ban police enforcement of certain vehicle stops that disproportionately affect Black drivers moved forward Wednesday after months of debate.

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.

SEPTA officials say the attack occurred Monday around 9:30 a.m.

Since the year 2000, Indigenous people have made up 21% of homicides in Wyoming, even though only three percent of the population is Indigenous.

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.

Krasner says Philadelphia’s high homicide rate is resulting in big spending for witness and victim relocation.

The state’s highest court overturned a lower court ruling that rejected ballot language approved by the City Council.