Policing

Philadelphia is yet again imposing a mandatory, citywide curfew — but it will start two hours later than usual, at 8 p.m.

Between the state's two largest population centers, dozens of protests in smaller cities, boroughs and towns have also taken place, often outside the national spotlight.

We need a vaccine for the racial pandemic.

With so many incidences of police violence against Black Americans, many are asking why are we here again?

This is exactly the wrong time for such a move, critics say, especially one that would hit youth hard.

President Obama held a virtual town hall event with young people to discuss policing and the civil unrest that has followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

The nonprofit’s announcement came on the heels of the removal of another controversial Rizzo landmark: the 10-foot-tall bronze statue outside the Municipal Services Building.

The three other police officers on the scene when a Minneapolis officer pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck are being charged with aiding and abetting a murder.

Amid the civil unrest in Philadelphia, about 50 ATMs in have been blown up since Saturday by thieves attempting to steal the money inside, according to city officials.

For more than a decade, African Americans called for the removal of the Rizzo statue. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has finally heard them.

On Tuesday, a group of state House Democrats and local Philadelphia lawmakers proposed dozens of reforms regarding police training, discipline, and oversight.

We talk about how the media's coverage of the protests, the images and the language that is used, and how it shapes the narrative and influences public opinion and policy.

New Jersey will update its use of force guidelines for the first time in two decades and will move to require a statewide licensing program for all police officers.

Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration removed it overnight.

“This is not the end,” Mayor Jim Kenney said, pointing to where the bronze statue once stood. “[Removing the statue] is not the be-all and end-all of where we need to go.”