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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 8, 2020

Philadelphia Officers Help Woman Scammed on Roof Repair

The officers could not stop thinking about her plight. So while one of the officers patched her roof ahead of recent rainstorms, another found a roofer who volunteered supplies and labor to install a new roof.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 23, 2020

Police K-9 Dies After Falling Down Elevator Shaft

Johnstown, PA, police say while conducting the search, K-9 Titan fell through an unsecured, open elevator shaft on the fourth floor of a warehouse.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 16, 2020

Philadelphia Plans to Equip Mores Officers with TASERs

If legislators approve of the contract and it is in place in December, the city could receive all the TASERs by the end of the year, Dunn said. The department could begin distributing TASERs to officers in early 2021 after they receive training.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 6, 2020

Philadelphia Police Thwart Plot Against Ballot Counting Center

The two men were driving a silver Hummer truck from Virginia. Police said they found the car parked and unoccupied around 10:20 p.m.; about seven minutes later, two police officers on bicycles saw two men in possession of firearms.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 5, 2020

Philadelphia Officials Release Officer Video of Shooting that Sparked Riots Last Week

Officers can be heard saying "put the knife down" at least 11 times before Wallace was shot on October 26.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 30, 2020

Attorney for Family of Philadelphia Man Killed by Police Says Officers Should Not Face Murder Charges

The attorney representing the family of Walter Wallace Jr.—who was killed by police during a call for service of a mental health crisis—told reporters on Thursday that the officers involved should not be charged with murder.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 30, 2020

Standout Pennsylvania Football Player Trades Jersey for Police Uniform

A standout football player for the Bishop McDevitt High School in Pennsylvania—who was thought to be a sure-fire NFL prospect—decided that he had a higher calling and entered the police academy instead of continuing his path toward football.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 29, 2020

Philly Police Find Van Containing Explosives

Philadelphia police and federal agents said they found a van containing low-grade explosives as the city tries to stem the widespread unrest, rioting, and looting that followed the fatal police shooting of 27-year-old Walter Wallace Jr.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 28, 2020

1,000 Looters Turn Philly Retail Zone into "Total Loss"

In the second night of unrest in Philadelphia after the Monday shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. by police, police say 1,000 looters descended on retail stores in the Port Richmond neighborhood.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 27, 2020

30 Officers Injured in Philly Riots Over Police Shooting of Armed Man

A man identified as Wallace can be seen on citizen video chasing the officers around the car. The officers give the man orders to "drop the knife." He appears to advance on them and they open fire.

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