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Showing posts with label Philadelphia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philadelphia. Show all posts
Monday, December 30, 2019

Danielle Outlaw named Philadelphia police commissioner

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Following an extensive four-month search, Mayor Jim Kenney today appointed Danielle Outlaw, Chief of Police in Portland, Oregon, to serv...
Sunday, December 30, 2018

After 3 plus decades in prison Mumia Abu-Jamal granted right of appeal

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A judge in Philadelphia has reinstated appeal rights to former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal — convicted of killing a city police office...
Sunday, April 15, 2018

So black men can't sit in a Starbucks now?

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By George L. Cook III AfricanAmerican Reports Apparently Starbucks has a policy that you must purchase something to stay or the police w...
Monday, December 12, 2016

Ex-Philadelphia congressman gets 10 years for corruption

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Former U.S. Representative Chaka Fattah, who served in Congress for more than 20 years, was sentenced on Monday to 10 years in federal p...
Sunday, November 06, 2016

Cory Booker goes to Philadelphia to get the black vote out

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Seeking to close off any route for Donald Trump to get the 270 electoral votes he needs to be elected president, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

Threat made to African-American museum in Philadelphia

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Authorities are investigating a threatening letter sent to the African American Museum in Philadelphia. Police said the letter was s...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

Philadelphia apologizes for 'virulent racism' directed at Jackie Robinson

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The Philadelphia City Council on Thursday apologized for the "virulent racism" that Jackie Robinson faced in the city and from...
Sunday, February 08, 2015

Tape of beating leads to charges against Philadelphia officers

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Police in a patrol car chase down a man on a scooter. The car stops, and two officers get out and beat the man with their fists and ba...