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Policing

An ATF board displays some the types of firearms confiscated in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly has a new mobile unit to help combat surge in gun violence

The Department of Justice has loaned the NIBIN Mobile Unit to Philadelphia for at least three months.

5 years ago

Angela Harrelson, right, aunt of George Floyd, talks to supporters at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Courts & Law

4 ex-cops indicted on US civil rights charges in Floyd death

All four officers are charged for their failure to provide Floyd with medical care. Chauvin was also charged in a second indictment, stemming from the arrest of a 14-year-old.

5 years ago

The new body-worn camera is displayed on the uniform of a Wilmington Police officer. (courtesy City of Wilmington)
Courts & Law

Wilmington Police to launch department-wide bodycam program next month

Just days after a state task force urged use of body cameras for all Delaware police officers, Wilmington police will start training on the cams next week.

5 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner; Challenger BAS SLABBERS / WHYY; EMMA LEE / WHYY
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Philly DA race: With no party endorsement, Vega and Krasner wrestle for support

The challenger has more union backing, while the incumbent has more pols in his corner.

5 years ago

A closeup of a Delaware State Police vehicle
Courts & Law

Del. task force urges mandatory body cams, transparency about misconduct, and law to ease prosecuting officers who use deadly force

The votes are a far cry from getting new laws enacted. But they signal consensus by legislators, citizens, and law enforcement that change is needed.

5 years ago

(NBC10)
Community
NBC10

Delaware police officer dies days after being attacked while responding to fight

Cpl. Keith Heacook, 54, was declared "clinically dead" Wednesday at 12:48 p.m. at a Baltimore hospital, Delmar Police Chief Ivan Barkley said.

5 years ago

Amanda Spence holds a pillow with photos of her slain husband Lymond Moses and their two children in front of New Castle County police headquarters. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Federal lawsuit filed against New Castle County over police killing of Lymond Moses in Wilmington

Police say Lymond Moses drove at a high rate of speed ‘directly’ at officers, but a lawsuit says bodycam footage undermines that account and shows officers were in no danger.

5 years ago

A screenshot of the Alameda Police Department body camera footage shows officers detaining Mario Gonzalez
NPR
Courts & Law

Man dies after Alameda, Calif., police pin him to ground for several minutes

The City of Alameda, Calif. released body camera footage Tuesday showing the police encounter with Mario Gonzalez. He died after being pinned to the ground.

5 years ago

Saj “Purple” Blackwell talking to West Philly residents about the Derek Chauvin trial. (WHYY)
Community

Residents along 52nd Street expected the worst. Post-Chauvin verdict, there’s relief.

Saj Blackwell, a partner in WHYY’s News and Information Community Exchange, spoke to her neighbors along 52nd Street about the relief they’re feeling after the Chauvin verdict

5 years ago

Angela Harrelson, right, aunt of George Floyd, talks to supporters at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Real Black History
Community

What the Chauvin verdict does and doesn’t change about American policing

For many, justice is about more than one trial.

Air Date: April 28, 2021

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A law enforcement official pulls over a driver
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

How Pa. troopers use sweating, stuttering during traffic stops to launch vehicle searches

Law enforcement across the country pulls drivers over for alleged, minor traffic infractions with the intent to look for possible criminal activity. Pa. is no exception.

5 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks during a news conference
Courts & Law

Philly DA reflects on Chauvin verdict, where case against former officer Ryan Pownall stands

Krasner sits down with WHYY in the wake of Derek Chauvin’s murder trial. He also speaks to where the case against former Philly Police Officer Ryan Pownall stands now.

5 years ago

Police officers keep a watchful eye as peaceful protesters march down Flatbush Avenue on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, the explosive case that triggered worldwide protests, violence and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S. Floyd died last May after Chauvin, a white officer, pinned his knee on or close to the 46-year-old Black man's neck for about 9 1/2 minutes. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)
Courts & Law

Police culture, and what the Chauvin murder verdict might signal for the future

Officers testified against their colleague and helped convict him in George Floyd’s death. Was it a sea change, or just one high-profile prosecution?

5 years ago

Protesters march last week in Elizabeth City
NPR
Courts & Law

Andrew Brown Jr. family lawyers say video shows an ‘execution’

Sheriff's deputies shot and killed Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, while carrying out search and arrest warrants at his home Wednesday in Elizabeth City, N.C.

5 years ago

Tomeka Holmes (center) leads family and friends in a balloon release in her son's memory
Community

In Camden, a son’s death moves parents to ‘break the silence’ on mental health issues

Nah’Jole Frazier had been dealing with mental health issues when he was struck by a driver earlier this month. Now, his parents want to address a need for better services.

5 years ago

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