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Philadelphia City Councilmember Cherelle Parker. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

City councilwoman proposes legislation criminalizing racially motivated 911 calls

The legislation was inspired by a May 25 incident, where a white woman called 911 on a Black man in New York City’s Central Park.

5 years ago

Police officers patrol Market Street in Wilmington, Del., on Thursday, March 26. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Delaware task force starts work to improve police accountability

A group that aims for more police transparency and accountability talked about how the state’s Freedom of Information Act could stymie its efforts.

5 years ago

FILE- In this Aug. 6, 2020 file photo, New York State Attorney General Letitia James takes a question at a news conference in New York. James said on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020 that she will impanel a grand jury to look into the death of Daniel Prude. Prude, 41, apparently stopped breathing as police in Rochester, N.Y. were restraining him in March 2020 and died when he was taken off life support a week later. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Courts & Law

Rochester police leaders retire after suffocation death

Top police leaders in Rochester are retiring en masse amid criticism of the city's handling of the suffocation death of Daniel Prude, Mayor Lovely Warren said Tuesday.

5 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney
Health

Frustrated Carney calls yet another Delaware inclusion on travel quarantine list ‘stupid’

Delaware needs to have fewer than 97 new coronavirus cases a day over a week to avoid being on the list. Sometimes, it’s under, and sometimes over.

5 years ago

police car lights flashing
Courts & Law
NBC10

Bethlehem, Pa., police chief retires after offensive Facebook post share

The mayor of Bethlehem said in a statement that Chief Mark DiLuzio's retirement "is a result of the consequences of his recent re-posting of an offensive Facebook post.

5 years ago

More than 200 gather at City Hall to protest police violence during a Justice for Jacob Blake rally. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Protest in Philly over police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin

A City Hall rally continues a summer that has seen the country’s largest protests and demands for racial justice and police reforms in decades.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
Courts & Law

Philly Police: Homicide clearance rate on the decline as murder rates rise

Police are arresting suspects for less than half of the city’s homicides and shooting victims are getting younger, Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said.

5 years ago

An investigator works at a scene where a man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Ore., last week was killed as investigators moved in to arrest him in Lacey, Wash., Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. Michael Reinoehl, 48, was killed as a federal task force attempted to apprehend him in Lacey, a senior Justice Department official said. (AP Photo/Ted Warren)
Courts & Law

Slain shooting suspect was a regular at Portland protests

Reinoehl was himself killed Thursday when he pulled a gun as a federal task force attempted to apprehend him near Lacey, Washington, the U.S. Marshals Service said.

5 years ago

Protesters gather near a memorial to Daniel Prude at the site of his death, Thursday, Sept. 3. 2020 in Rochester, N.Y. Prude, a 41-year-old Black man, died March 30, 2020. His family took him off life support seven days after Rochester police officers encountered him running naked through the street, put a hood over his head to stop him from spitting, then held him down for about two minutes until he stopped breathing. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Courts & Law

Rochester mayor suspends officers involved in man’s suffocation death

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren announced the suspensions at a news conference amid criticism that the city kept quiet about Daniel Prude's death for months.

5 years ago

(Dan Gleiter / PENNLIVE)
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Pa. inspector general reviewing legality of some state police traffic stops, searches

The Inspector General is conducting a review of whether Pennsylvania State Police troopers are following the law when initiating traffic stops and then searching vehicles.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump turns around after talking with law enforcement officials Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, as he tours an area damaged during demonstrations after a police officer shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. At left, Attorney General William Barr and acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf talk with police officers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Community

Trump spins baseless tale of ‘thugs’ flying to protests

He has repeated conspiracy theories that recent protests have been orchestrated by powerful people in “dark shadows” intent on undermining his reelection prospects.

5 years ago

City officials, police officers from the 18th district, and neighborhood residents pose in front of the Sgt. Robert Wilson III mural
Community

‘A slap in the face’: West Philadelphians, police decry vandalism of mural honoring slain sergeant

The incident has outraged Sgt. Robert Wilson III’s fellow officers and community members — even those who are distrustful of law enforcement.

5 years ago

A ground mural depicting a portrait of Breonna Taylor is seen at Chambers Park, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. The mural honors Taylor, a 26-year old Black woman who was fatally shot by police in her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment. The artwork was a team effort by the Banneker-Douglass Museum, the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, and Future History Now, a youth organization that focuses on mural projects. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Courts & Law

Lawyer: Plea offer implicated Breonna Taylor in drug ring

“Why would they put her name on there?” Aguiar, the lawyer for Taylor's family, said in a statement sent to news media. “It’s outrageous.”

5 years ago

(Kat Wawrykow / Getty Images)
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Highway ‘stop-and-frisk’: How Pennsylvania state troopers conduct illegal traffic searches

A common tactic in highway interdiction is the use of pretextual stops, in which officers pull over motorists for alleged traffic violations.

5 years ago

Philadelphia police academy cadets line up for graduation
Community
Billy Penn

Should Philly revamp its ‘beyond toothless’ police oversight commission? Your vote will decide

Critics have low expectations for the chronically underfunded watchdog group.

5 years ago

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