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Policing

(Miguel Martinez for Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

¿Debería Filadelfia constitucionalmente abolir la práctica de detener y registrar (‘stop and frisk’)? ¿Haría una diferencia?

La enmienda del estatuto es en gran parte simbólico.

6 years ago

(Miguel Martinez for Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Ballot question: Should Philly constitutionally abolish ‘stop and frisk’ — and would it make a difference?

The charter amendment is largely symbolic.

6 years ago

On October 5, 2020, Camden County Police Chief Joe Wysocki addresses a press conference to announce the arrests of four suspects in the September 15 shooting at the Camden home of two police officers. At left is Camden County Prosecutor Jill Mayer. (April Saul / WHYY)
Courts & Law

Suspects who fired on home of two Camden cops ‘had the wrong house’

Two officers and their 10-day-old baby were unhurt when shots were fired into their home. The police chief says they were not the intended target.

6 years ago

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

Wilmington council makes 1st funding commitment for body cameras

Activists have long called for the equipment to increase trust between police and civilians, but the program had been stalled over alleged funding concerns.

6 years ago

Passerby walks between the camera and the Proud Boys as they pose for a photo. (Courtesy of Jason Peters)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Stand back, Proud Boys. Philadelphia is stronger than you.

Philadelphia sent its own powerful message of joyful unity and powerful protest to the far-right fascist group last month.

6 years ago

Kentucky's Jefferson County Circuit Court has released audio of the grand jury proceedings in the Breonna Taylor case. Here, police officers walk by the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, which sits adjacent to Jefferson Square Park, the epicenter for Black Lives Matter protests over Taylor's death. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Court releases grand jury recording in Breonna Taylor case

The recording could answer lingering questions about how prosecutors have handled a case that has fueled protests in Kentucky and across the nation.

6 years ago

Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora
Politics & Policy

As homicides spike, Trenton mayor stands by police director

Mayor Reed Gusciora discusses the spike in city violence and how he gets along with the City Council.

6 years ago

People gathered at Malcolm X Park in West Philadelphia to hold a vigil for Breonna Taylor on Oct. 1, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Activists urge action on police accountability at Philly vigil for Breonna Taylor

On Thursday night, roughly 150 people gathered at Malcolm X Park for a candlelight vigil to remember Breonna Taylor and demand accountability for police.

6 years ago

An investigation by The Appeal and Spotlight PA found that troopers in three counties have taken drivers’ money with little evidence, sometimes the result of illegal searches.
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

How Pa. state troopers seize big money from drivers, many of whom are never charged

An investigation by The Appeal and Spotlight PA found that troopers in three counties have taken drivers’ money with little evidence, sometimes the result of illegal searches.

6 years ago

Video footage from the night of a shooting in Bedford County does not support state police accounts that a confrontation preceded shots being fired at a group of civil rights marchers.
Community
Spotlight PA

A changing story by police on a rural Pa. shooting helped fuel white vigilantes and misinformation

Footage from the night of a shooting in Bedford Co. does not support state police accounts that a confrontation preceded shots being fired at a group of civil rights marchers.

6 years ago

People protest a Kentucky grand jurys indictment of one of three police officers in the killing of Breonna Taylor, but not for her death
NPR
Courts & Law

Breonna Taylor grand jury recording will be released, Kentucky attorney general says

"The Grand Jury is meant to be a secretive body," AG Cameron says in a statement. "It's apparent that the public interest in this case isn't going to allow that to happen."

6 years ago

Former Louisville Police Department detective Brett Hanksion
NPR
Courts & Law

Officer indicted in Breonna Taylor case pleads not guilty

Brett Hankison, the former Louisville Police Department detective, has pleaded not guilty to all three counts of wanton endangerment against him, his attorney said on Monday.

6 years ago

NPR
Courts & Law

Texas sheriff charged with destroying evidence in officer-related death

A grand jury indicted Robert Chody on charges of destroying or concealing video in an investigation into the death of Javier Ambler, a Black man who died in police custody.

6 years ago

Millicent Cahoon stands for a portrait, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. “It’s reiterating to me that my life does not matter, that I’m unsafe,” said Millicent Cahoon, a therapist who started a counseling network for the protest movement. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Community

In Breonna Taylor’s name: Devastation and a search for hope

For months, Breonna Taylor’s name has been a rallying cry for activists who hoped Black women and their deaths at the hands of police would finally receive the same attention.

6 years ago

Protesters march up 33rd Street in Philadelphia’s University City chanting “Justice for Breonna Taylor.” (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

University groups protest in W. Philly seeking justice for Breonna Taylor

Drexel Community for Justice and Penn Community for Justice called Friday’s march after Kentucky’s attorney general decided not to charge anyone for Taylor’s killing.

6 years ago

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