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Policing

Ed Felten (left) and Malcolm Burnley
Courts & Law

How does A.I. technology exacerbate inequalities in policing?

WHYY’s “Morning Edition” host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Malcolm Burnley and Ed Felten, hosts of WHYY’s new podcast, “A.I. Nation.”

5 years ago

Listen 7:46
A person holds up a sign that says
Courts & Law

Sheriff: North Carolina deputy fatally shot Black man while serving warrant

Authorities wouldn't provide details of the shooting but an eyewitness said that Andrew Brown Jr. was shot while trying to drive away.

5 years ago

Protesters marched in Old City in honor of Walter Wallace Jr. after the release of officer body cam footage showing his fatal shooting. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

4 Black men killed by Philly police and the officers who haven’t yet faced a jury

Activists see the Chauvin verdict as fuel for radical change, including police accountability. That could mean renewed attention for some police killings in Philly.

5 years ago

Coby Owens leads marchers through Wilmington during a protest that was peaceful from start to finish. (Courtesy of Coby Owens)
Courts & Law

‘We need to see it now’: Delaware activists unhappy with police reform process

Nearly a year after George Floyd was killed, a group of community members on a legislative task force on police reform are frustrated by the lack of action.

5 years ago

Protesters marched from South Philadelphia to City Hall on June 23, 2020, demanding an end to police brutality during ongoing demonstrations in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

‘The war is far from over’: What the Chauvin verdict means to Philadelphia

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with Chris Norris, WHYY’s Managing Editor for Community Engagement, about the Chauvin verdict.

5 years ago

Listen 6:39
A crowd gathers next to the spot where George Floyd was murdered at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin
NPR
Courts & Law

What’s next for Chauvin and 3 other ex-officers in cases over George Floyd’s murder?

Derek Chauvin is scheduled to be sentenced in June. Later this summer, his three fellow former officers are slated to go on trial for aiding and abetting murder.

5 years ago

Community activist Isaac Gardner leads a march on Locust Street demanding justice for Walter Wallace Jr., who was shot dead by police Monday. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Policing and mental health: Experts call Philly’s new 911 script a good idea, but too long

Social workers, medical workers, former police officers, and crisis response professionals on the new PPD dispatch flowchart.

5 years ago

A couple dances at Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Washington, after the verdict in Minneapolis, in the murder trial against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was announced. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

A nation reacts to the guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin

We get reaction to the conviction of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin and discuss what it means for the Black community and if it signals a change in police accountability.

Air Date: April 21, 2021

Listen 49:30
People rally outside the courthouse in Minneapolis
Courts & Law

Garland announces police probe day after Chauvin trial verdict

The Justice Department is already investigating whether Chauvin and the other officers involved in Floyd's death violated his civil rights.

5 years ago

People gather outside the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis on Tuesday before the jury's decision returning guilty verdicts against former police officer Derek Chauvin. (Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Floyd’s brother on verdict: ‘I was just praying they would find him guilty’

George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, was in the courtroom Tuesday afternoon when Judge Peter Cahill read the three guilty verdicts against Derek Chauvin.

5 years ago

Proud Boy members Joseph Biggs (left) and Ethan Nordean, carrying a megaphone, walk toward the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. A federal judge ordered them detained pending trial given the conspiracy charges against them. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

2 Proud Boys ordered jailed pending trial in Capitol riot conspiracy case

A federal judge on Monday ordered two alleged leaders of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys detained pending trial on conspiracy and other charges tied to the deadly

5 years ago

Demonstrators gather for a solidarity rally in memory of George Floyd and Daunte Wright outside Cup Foods
Courts & Law

Murder case against ex-cop in Floyd’s death goes to the jury

Twelve jurors — six of them white, six Black or multiracial — are beginning deliberations in a city on edge against another round of unrest.

5 years ago

(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

City retracts, apologizes for ‘fear-mongering’ request from Philly police to community groups

The memo, which officials admitted was “misleading,” asked residents to sign off on enforcement of minor offenses like spitting and blocking the sidewalk.

5 years ago

Georgetown Law School professor Paul Butler testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on policing practices and law enforcement accountability in June 2020. In an NPR interview, Butler says police in Brooklyn Center, Minn., didn't need to pursue Daunte Wright over an outstanding warrant. (Mandel Ngan/Pool/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Law professor: Police hold ‘extraordinary’ power over Black people in traffic stops

A law professor and former federal prosecutor argues that police in Brooklyn Center, Minn., didn't need to pursue Daunte Wright, who was killed by an officer.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw joined Mayor Jim Kenney and other city leaders to announce plans and resources available in advance of the verdict in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly officials call for peaceful protests, not destruction in anticipation of Chauvin verdict

The city detailed how it plans to respond following the verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin.

5 years ago

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