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March 26, 2021 at 1:36 pm

Snap-decision defense may not work for Minneapolis officer VIEW

Convicting a police officer of killing someone is notoriously difficult, in part because juries hesitate to second-guess the defendant when the officer claims to have...

Mount Pleasant Township Police Chief Lou McQuillan answers the door at the municipal building in Hickory, Pa., on Monday, March 15, 2021. McQuillan, who recently announced he is running for a vacant magisterial district judge post, was listed as one of four administrators of a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom. Many current and retired officers who are in the group spent the year criticizing chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called â€œterrorists,â€ or â€œthugs.â€ (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) PAKS202 PAKS202

March 22, 2021 at 4:53 am

Transphobia, hostility about protesters in private cop group

In a private Facebook group, many current and retired Pittsburgh-area police spent the year criticizing chiefs who took a knee or officers who marched with...

March 17, 2021 at 9:06 am

Man who spent years in prison sues over withheld evidence

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Donald Outlaw had already spent 15 years in prison for murder when he found out the man he was convicted of killing...

March 10, 2021 at 2:27 pm

EXPLAINER: Why jurors can’t be dismissed based on their race

The issue of race looms large over the trial of a white former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death last May of George Floyd,...

February 16, 2021 at 3:41 pm

Black man sues officer for excessive force, firing weapon

Emmitt Willis remembers the heat of the gun that had just fired a few inches from his back. He remembers waiting to see if he...

January 28, 2021 at 12:45 pm

Philadelphia police commissioner defends protest response

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia's police commissioner is defending her department and the city's response to days of widespread protests against police brutality last summer in...

December 17, 2020 at 3:00 am

Beyond the no-knock: Push in states to reform police tactics

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After a year marked by police killings of Black men and women and mass civil unrest over racial injustice, some activists are...

October 28, 2020 at 10:07 pm

Philly shooting brings policing, racism back into campaign VIEW

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The fatal shooting of another Black man on America's streets by police — with subsequent unrest — has brought the fraught issues...

October 27, 2020 at 7:38 am

Philadelphia victim’s family sought ambulance, not police VIEW

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The family of a Black man killed by Philadelphia police officers in a shooting caught on video had called for an ambulance...

Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal talks to reporters during a press conference, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, in Philadelphia. Public servants, firefighters, paramedics, emergency responders and a diverse group of law enforcement professionals denounce the Fraternal Order of Police and Local 22 for not listening to the concerns of the dues paying union members when endorsing President Donald J. Trump for re-election. (AP Photo/Michael Perez) PAMP107 PAMP107

October 18, 2020 at 5:17 am

Black officers break from unions over Trump endorsements VIEW

Police unions nationwide have largely supported President Donald Trump’s reelection, amid mass demonstrations over police brutality and accusations of systemic racism. A number of Black...

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