jim kenney
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Philadelphia Mayor Apologizes For Decades of Horrible Experiments Conducted on Black Inmates
The city allowed Dr. Albert Kligman to conduct experiments on over 300 Black inmates at Holmesburg Prison.
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Philadelphia Will Pay $2 Million to Black Woman Beaten by Officers and Separated From Her Toddler During a Protest
A viral video last fall caught Philadelphia police yanking Rickia Young from her car and beating her. Her toddler son lost his hearing aids in the altercation.
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Anguished Protesters Confront Police After Officers Fatally Shoot Black Man in West Philadelphia
As soon as Walter Wallace Jr. collapsed on the ground, his mother rushed to his side. In his final moments, the 27-year-old Black man was standing on a porch in West Philadelphia at around 4 p.m. Monday, a knife in his hand. Two police officers, responding to a report of a man with a knife…
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Meet Danielle Outlaw, Philadelphia’s First Black Female Commissioner
The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection has finally appointed a sister to run the show—and she plans to bring some real law and order to the police department. Danielle Outlaw is Philadelphia’s first African-American female police commissioner. The 45-year-old Oakland, Calif. native is a Pepperdine University alum and law enforcement veteran with more…
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Jay-Z Rails Against Philadelphia and Its Mayor for 'Evicting' His Made In America Festival
In an op-ed published in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday, rapper and mogul Jay-Z let it be known that he was none too happy about the city of Philadelphia’s decision to “evict” his six-year-old Made in America Festival for 2019. This September will be the last Made in America Festival if Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney…
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Philadelphia Will Pay Tribute to Forgotten Black American Hero With New Monument
On Tuesday, the city of Philadelphia will resurrect the memory of one of its most influential citizens, Octavius Catto, a civil rights activist whose work was instrumental in getting black men the right to vote in 1870, and who helped desegregate the city’s transportation system. Catto’s story has been erased from history books—a story itself…