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June 11, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: Ypsilanti, Michigan Police Chief Tony DeGiusti shakes hands with a protester while taking a knee with demonstrators in a moment of solidarity during a police brutality protest in downtown Ypsilanti, Mich., Saturday, June 6, 2020. ( Jenna Kieser/Ann Arbor News via AP) By Joel Simon Committee to Protect Journalists In six days and…
June 11, 2020
By Claudia Lauer ASSOCIATED PRESS A Philadelphia officer faces aggravated assault charges after video surfaced of him striking a student protester in the head with a metal baton, District Attorney Larry Krasner said Friday night. Police Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna has also been charged with reckless endangerment and possession of an instrument of crime. Police…
June 11, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: Salima Suswell in green tee-shirt (far right) with Meals on Wheels and Eid Family Fun Winners. With Afea Tucker This week’s Philadelphia Sunday Sun Spotlight features two upstanding members of our community who are keeping the spirit of Ramadan during the global crisis, civil uprisings, and COVID-19. Social distancing has not deterred or…
June 11, 2020
By Linda Wallace Companies sometimes marvel when resistance to their new diversity campaign arises from a chorus of diversity advocates. On occasion, frustrated employees will write to complain that these campaigns have more to do with image and branding than with workforce fairness. “Every time we get a new leader, he launches a new diversity…
June 11, 2020
Just as the community helped to create Brown’s ShopRite at Parkside, the community helped the store to re-open after being damaged by looters during the George Floyd protests. ABOVE PHOTO: The reopening of the ShopRite Parkside store (Photo: Facebook) By Denise Clay As he stood outside the ShopRite at Parkside in West Philadelphia, Zakariiyya Abdur…
June 11, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: A police officer shouts at Associated Press videojournalist Robert Bumsted, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in New York. New York City police officers surrounded, shoved and yelled expletives at two Associated Press journalists covering protests Tuesday in the latest aggression against members of the media during a week of unrest around the country. Portions…
June 5, 2020
State Rep. Joanna McClinton joined state Sen. Anthony Williams, City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier and other community leaders on May 31 to address last Saturday’s peaceful protests and ensuing unrest across Philadelphia in response to George Floyds death at the hands of a white police officer. “Our hearts are hurting, and our voices are aligned…
June 5, 2020
Mayor Jim Kenney announced on Wednesday that crews have removed the statue of the late Mayor Frank L. Rizzo from the front of the Municipal Services Building. “When we first announced our decision to move the statue, we chose to do so in a way that was cost-effective, by linking it to the pending renovation…
June 5, 2020
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal has issued the following statement: “I have had the past few days to reflect on the death of George Floyd while in the custody of the Minneapolis police department. This incident is a tragedy that should not have happened to any human being. As a 27-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police…
June 5, 2020
The death of George Floyd appears to have brought police brutality into sharper focus for the people for who it might not have been before. But will it bring the criminal justice reform that activists have asked for? ABOVE PHOTO: Artists complete a mural of George Floyd outside of Cup Foods, Thursday, May 28, 2020…
July 3, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: Cars are lined up at a United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 testing site Wednesday, June...
July 3, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: Mary J. Blige (Photo: Joe Seer / Shutterstock) By Florence Anthony Quarantine Billionaire Family Alert!...
July 3, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: Jeannine Lee Lake, Democratic candidate for Indiana’s 6th congressional district, speaks to the crowd gathered...
July 3, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: (Photo by Bill Z. Foster) Dear Cultural Coach: My comments may sound racist on the...
July 3, 2020
BPT Whether you’ve had exposure to someone who tested positive for COVID-19, have symptoms you’re worried about,...
July 3, 2020
All Signs: Does it feel like things are stalled in the water? Well, it so happens that...
