Policing

Days after officers fatally shot Walter Wallace Jr., the Philadelphia Police Department is seeking $14 million in new funding to equip thousands of officers with Tasers.

Attorney Shaka Johnson described as-yet-unseen footage that shows the minutes before two unnamed officers fatally shot Walter Wallace Jr.

Anthony Smith and three others charged in the federal indictment face a mandatory minimum of seven years in prison if convicted.

Philly police recently announced a new 911 system to handle mental health cases. Its non-implementation may have cost Walter Wallace Jr. his life.

The legislation advanced just days after police officers fatally shot Walter Wallace Jr., a Black West Philadelphia man whose death has sparked days of protest.

So far, Philadelphia police have declined to explain what precipitated the incident and why the SUV’s passengers, including a small child, were removed from the car.

The department has a clear “disconnect” in terms of mental health resources, Commissioner Outlaw said.

The van was recovered on the Ben Franklin Parkway a Logan Circle around 10 p.m. Wednesday. The ATF and the Bomb Squad were both called to the scene to investigate.

We discuss mental health and policing around the shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. in Philadelphia. Then, the dark money influencing the 2020 election.

Thomas Blackwell alleges he was beaten by police during a Monday protest of the fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.

City Councilmembers said that legislative measures long in the works would advance reform efforts in the wake of Wallace’s death by police gunfire.

The curfew will go into effect Wednesday at 9 p.m. and will be in place through 6 a.m. Thursday.

If watching feels necessary or inevitable, there are methods to cope.

“We are not at war,” said the police commissioner, a day after two officers shot and killed a Black man.

Krasner said he has not yet decided whether he will pursue charges against the two officers who shot Wallace on his West Philadelphia block.