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Policing

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

Police officer David Moore is pictured wearing a body camera in Ipswich, Mass., on Dec. 1, 2020. The city was among 25 statewide awarded grants to purchase body-worn cameras for videotaping interactions with the public. A new study says the benefits to society and police departments outweigh the costs of the cameras. (Boston Globe/Boston Globe via Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Study: Body-worn camera research shows drop in police use of force

Across the country, police departments are increasingly using body-worn cameras to better monitor what officers are doing out in the field.

5 years ago

Demonstrators protest the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright by a police officer.
NPR
Courts & Law

Civil rights group calls on Justice Dept. to suspend local police grants

A civil rights group is demanding the AG pause grants to local police until he confirms they aren't engaging in discrimination, citing more police killings of Black people.

5 years ago

A protester holds up a sign during a We Still Can’t Breathe March
Community

Wilmington protesters call for new law to ensure independent oversight of police

Protesters in Rodney Square also called for justice for Lymond Moses. Two white officers fatally shot the 30-year-old Black man in January.

5 years ago

Protesters carry a banner in honor of Walter Wallace Jr.
Community

Activists honor Walter Wallace Jr., nearly six months after Philly police fatally shot him

Sunday’s demonstration at Malcolm X Park aimed to shed light on how Wallace aligned with Black Lives Matter and how the music he wrote reflected those beliefs.

5 years ago

A man adjusts a sign near a memorial at the scene in the Columbus, Ohio neighborhood Friday, April 23, 2021 where 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant was fatally shot by police as she swung at two other people with a knife on Tuesday, April 20. (AP Photo/Farnoush Amiri)
Community

Recordings show chaos surrounding Ma’Khia Bryant shooting

Less than 30 minutes before the man charged with killing George Floyd was pronounced guilty, yet another Black person was dead at the hands of police in the U.S.

5 years ago

In this image taken from video, Quentin Jackson, regional director for the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials, addresses protesters blocking Business U.S. 17 in Elizabeth City, N.C., on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
Courts & Law

1 verdict, then 6 police killings across America in 24 hours

The deadly encounters are only a small snapshot of the thousands of interactions between American police officers and civilians every day.

5 years ago

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