Chris Palmer

During a Zoom news conference Wednesday afternoon, Krasner said the justice system as it currently stands has “too few tools” to address years of problematic conduct by police and prosecutors, much of which has especially impacted communities of color.

The Philadelphia Police officer captured on video ripping down protesters’ masks and pepper spraying them as they knelt in the middle of Interstate 676 is Richard Nicoletti, a SWAT officer and 12-year veteran of the force.

Kenney and Outlaw said videos that have surfaced since the June 1 demonstration clearly contradicted the explanations they previously supplied about why tear gas was used on the highway.

John Miller's lawsuit is the latest in a string of events challenging the norms and practices of the city’s criminal justice system in the late 1980′s and 1990′s.

The four hours of footage does not appear to show any acts of aggression toward police.

A federal judge said Peter Fratus should remain in custody because of his history of making alcohol-fueled threats against law enforcement and public officials.

The city is placing a “boxing apparatus” around the Christopher Columbus statue in order to protect it during the “public process” to determine its fate.

The Police Department characterized the reassignment of Capt. Louis Campione as “one of several command changes that took place [Monday].” Campione's reassignment came after three days of conflict around the Christopher Columbus statue.

Peter Fratus, 39, of West Dennis, Mass., sent two emails to Outlaw with “vile and disturbing” language and asked where she lived, prosecutors said.

The crowd of about 100 people said they were “protecting the statue from these rioters who want to take it down."