Policing
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Del. expands mandatory investigations of police use of force in cases of serious injury
A special division of the Attorney General’s Office was previously only required to investigate use of deadly force by police.
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Spotlight PA
Who investigates police killings in Pennsylvania, and why there are few checks and balances
Elected district attorneys who work closely with police decide whether officers should be charged and rarely refer cases to the state attorney general.
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Norristown’s pick for police chief is veteran Philadelphia inspector Derrick Wood
A longtime inspector for the Philadelphia Police Department, Wood will be tasked with leading officers in the diverse Montgomery County seat.
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NPR
Aurora, Colo., will pay a $15 million settlement over the death of Elijah McClain
The 23-year-old Black massage therapist died days after an encounter with police in August 2019.
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Star witness in ex-Bordentown police chief’s hate crime retrial wraps 4 days of testimony
Lt. Nathan Roohr cooperated with the FBI to secretly record his former boss, then-Bordentown Police Chief Frank Nucera Jr. for nine months in 2016.
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Spotlight PA
The final moments: Videos show Christian Hall, 19, had his hands up when police fatally shot him
Authorities obscured the last 4 seconds of Christian Hall’s life in publicly released videos. New footage shows the teenager had his hands up when Pa. State Police killed him.
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Dewey Beach condones brutality by police, victim of cop’s attack alleges in lawsuit
Mark Taylor was punched so hard by officer Gregory Lynch Jr. that blood spurted on to the uniforms of other officers. Lynch falsely claimed he was “strangled’’ by Taylor.
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