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Law Enforcement, News

Former Philly Cop James Pitts Found Guilty Of Forcing False Murder Confession From Wrongly Convicted Man

The former Philadelphia homicide detective violently coerced a confession from Obina Onyiah.

By

Candace McDuffie

Published

July 22, 2024
Criminal Justice, Law Enforcement, Police Brutality

Philadelphia Cop Has Been Charged With Murder In Death Of Eddie Irizarry

Mark Dial, who was scheduled to be fired from the police department, turned himself in.

By

Candace McDuffie

Published

September 10, 2023
Midterm Elections 2022, Politics

Pennsylvania Republicans Are Trying To Kick Black Philadelphians In The Teeth Before They Leave Office

PA voters rejected the GOP bigly, and so the losers are retaliating against Black and brown voters in the state’s largest city.

By

Keith Reed

Published

November 23, 2022
Criminal Justice, News

For the First Time in a Long Time, A Philly Officer is Convicted for Murdering a Black Man [Update]

Reports say he had a number of complaints filed against him over the span of the officer’s 10-year career.

By

Kalyn Womack

Published

September 22, 2022
News

Shaun King Nonprofit’s Finances Examined In News report

The controversial activist’s org raised more than $6 million in 2020

By

Keith Reed

Published

September 21, 2022
Criminal Justice, News, Social Justice

After Spending 37 Years in Prison, A Philadelphia Man is Free

A victim of police lies, Willie Stokes is released from prison after being convicted of murder in 1984

By

Noah A. McGee

Published

January 6, 2022
News

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.

By

Rachel Pilgrim

Published

September 14, 2021
Law Enforcement, News, Police Brutality

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…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

October 27, 2020
Entertainment

Even the Philly DA Thinks Meek Mill Should Get a New Trial, but the Judge Still Won’t Let Him Go

Philadelphia’s newly elected district attorney, Larry Krasner, is really about that criminal-justice reform life, it would seem. His office said in open court on Monday that Meek Mill should get a new trial for his gun- and drug-charge conviction. That puts Meek one step closer to getting the freedom he has been seeking since being…

By

Monique Judge

Published

April 16, 2018
Politics

The Top Criminal-Justice Wins of 2017

There’s no other way to put it: 2017 was bleak. Bleak because the country’s top public health organization is now prohibited from using the term “science-based.” Bleak because we’re surprised that a man accused of sexually harassing and assaulting young girls—and who extols slavery—lost an election. Bleak because the president of these United States stood in…

By

Kirsten West Savali

Published

December 25, 2017