Policing

A UPenn historian uses police records to write a new chronology of the violence that overtook West Philly’s 52nd Street on May 31, 2020.

The idea is to reduce points of friction for people seeking help to get into medical treatment. The program now includes 12 of 39 police departments in Bucks.

The negotiated plan includes a “robust presence” of Oregon State Police in downtown Portland.

Attorney General William Barr defended the aggressive federal law enforcement response to civil unrest in America.

Activists come armed to protests in a mansion-lined neighborhood in Berks County.

The public fight to redirect $31 million spent on policing Philly students continued Saturday. Protesters want the money used for nurses and social workers.

The city’s request for National Guard troops was well-documented, but the city was also quietly requesting support from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Trump painted Democrat-led cities as out of control and lashed out at the “radical left." Criminal justice experts say the increase in violence in some cities is more complex.

The Trump administration is facing growing pushback — in the courts and on the streets — to sending federal agents to Portland, Oregon.

Officer Richard Nicoletti is seen on video pepper-spraying three protesters kneeling or sitting on I-676 at close range, pulling down one of their face masks.

When people call for defunding the police, what does that mean for survivors of domestic violence? Activists and others are exploring that question.

President Trump sent federal law enforcement to Portland to respond to racial justice protests and is now threatening to send troops to U.S. cities who are not asking for aid.

Originally commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of the National Guard occupation of Wilmington, the exhibit has new relevance in 2020.

The president suggested he wanted to see what’s happening in Portland spread to other U.S. cities.

Lawyers for Breonna Taylor’s family have tied her murder by police to a West Louisville revitalization plan. The allegations resonate in Philadelphia.