Protests

Charges have been dismissed against a former Philadelphia SWAT officer who was caught on video pepper-spraying protesters on the I-676 during a BLM protest last summer.

Activists and family members protested for the third week in a row outside Philadelphia jails to draw attention to what they describe as deteriorating prison conditions.

The marchers called for an investigation into how bones thought to be from children killed in the 1985 bombing ended up floating around Ivy League universities for decades.

Protesters in Rodney Square also called for justice for Lymond Moses. Two white officers fatally shot the 30-year-old Black man in January.

Sunday’s demonstration at Malcolm X Park aimed to shed light on how Wallace aligned with Black Lives Matter and how the music he wrote reflected those beliefs.

Organizers say his case and the 2020 murder of George Floyd are linked to a long history of racist policing nationwide, as well as in Philadelphia.

Dozens of demonstrators marched through the streets of Philadelphia in protest of the deadly police shooting of Daunte Wright in Minneapolis last week.

The city detailed how it plans to respond following the verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin.

Philly police want city residents to help prepare them for community responses to the Chauvin verdict after their botched responses last year’s unrest.

A gathering at Franklin Square is one of scores planned across the U.S. in response to a spike in anti-Asian violence.

With no sign of a stop to the shooting, organizers arranged the march Saturday at 52nd & Pentridge streets, where Antonio Walker Jr. was killed.

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Teenagers were “the muscle” behind Cecil B. Moore’s historic protest outside Girard College in 1965. The school will soon have a mural depicting them.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday formally revoked a series of presidential orders and memorandum signed by Donald Trump.

District officials had been demanding some teachers return to school buildings Monday, ahead of a planned return of up to 9,000 young children on Feb. 22.