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The investigation is part of a broader review of the tactics and use of nonlethal weapons that have been leveled against social justice protesters this summer.

Bryan Turner, who is Black, sued the city and the Philadelphia Police Department this week in federal court, claiming systematic discrimination against him.

Efforts are growing to remove or reduce the role of police in responding to people in a mental health crisis. Critics and proponents say a widely used police program failed.

The shooting victims were on the basketball court at Roberto Clemente Park along 18th and Wallace streets in Spring Garden when multiple gunmen opened fire.

Hours before police cleared protesters near the White House on June 1, a whistleblower got an email asking to find a device that would make protesters' skin feel hot.

The protests concerned the shooting death by police of a Ricardo Munoz, whose sister had called in hopes of having him involuntarily committed for mental health treatment.

The settlement would be the largest sum paid by the city for a police misconduct case, according to a person who has seen the settlement.

It is the latest in a long-running policy war between the Trump-appointed federal prosecutor and Philadelphia’s Democratic district attorney.

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Lancaster after police shot and killed Ricardo Munoz, 27, on Sunday afternoon.

Analysts will monitor cameras and coordinate with officers at Delaware prisons to help prevent another riot like the 2017 incident that left one officer dead.

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.

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

Most large civil settlements for police killings were in liberal areas the year after the Ferguson unrest. Now, lawyers say current protests are hardening political divisions.

Kaepernick has not appeared on the video game since he last played in the NFL during the 2016 season when he was a member of the San Francisco 49ers.

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.