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After the South Street shooting, frustration mounts over the Pennsylvania law that keeps Philly from passing its own gun control

PHILADELPHIA — Calls for new laws to prevent gun violence, spurred nationwide in recent weeks by mass shootings, echoed in Philadelphia following Saturday’s mass shooting on South Street.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

2 men will be charged in Philadelphia mass shooting, DA’s office says

PHILADELPHIA — Two men have been taken into custody in connection with the mass shooting on South Street in Philadelphia, including an 18-year-old who prosecutors say fired a homemade “ghost” gun into a crowd Saturday night and was one of several gunmen in a melee that left three people dead…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Republicans love gun crimes and massacre

Crappy gun laws cause our crime problems. But Republicans blame liberal prosecutors and make racist arguments

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Charges against 2 people in Philly mass shooting expected Monday, DA says

PHILADELPHIA — At least two people are expected to be charged for their roles in the mass shooting on South Street Saturday night that left three people dead and 11 others injured, District Attorney Larry Krasner said Monday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

From defund to refund: Why Democrats are shifting their tone on policing two years after George Floyd's murder

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia is poised to approve a $24 million budget increase to its Police Department, and its legislative leadership has backed a plan to add hundreds more officers to the force.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

2 judges have sparred with the Philly DA's office recently over questions about old murder convictions

PHILADELPHIA — Judges in state and federal courts in recent weeks have raised questions about whether prosecutors under District Attorney Larry Krasner included incomplete or even misleading information in court documents seeking to remove one man from death row and overturn another man's murder conviction.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

A former Philly homicide detective accused of sexually abusing witnesses will go to trial this week

PHILADELPHIA — Room 757 of the Hilton Garden Inn in Chinatown was an unusual place to meet a Philadelphia homicide detective, but the witness said he thought he had little choice.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Ex-Philly Police officer who fatally shot TJ Siderio, 12, has been charged with murder

PHILADELPHIA — The former Philadelphia Police officer who shot a 12-year-old boy in the back in March has been charged with murder after prosecutors said he fired the fatal shot from near-point blank range while the boy was on the ground and unarmed.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Fired former police officer charged with murder over shooting of fleeing 12-year-old boy

Thomas Siderio, 12, had allegedly fired at police before tossing his gun and was lying face down trying to surrender when he was killed

The Independent UK

A former Philadelphia police officer is charged with murder in a 12-year-old's death

Former officer Edsaul Mendoza is charged with first-degree murder and other charges.

WEKU

Will Bunch: How Sacramento’s mass shooting killed the myth of ‘tough-on-crime’ prosecutors

Anne Marie Schubert — the veteran district attorney for Sacramento County, covering California’s capital city — doesn’t quite fit the profile of the perfect guest for the right-wing Fox News Channel, after she ditched the GOP to become an independent during the presidency of Donald Trump. Yet she’s been on…

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Woman charged in crash that killed 2 Pa. state troopers and a civilian on I-95

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania State Troopers on Tuesday announced the arrest of the 21-year-old driver who authorities say fatally struck and killed two state troopers and a civilian on I-95 early Monday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Woman, 21, charged in crash that killed two Pennsylvania state troopers and a civilian on I-95

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Bill McSwain 'put himself front and center' as US attorney. Now he wants to be Pennsylvania governor

PHILADELPHIA — Bill McSwain was only eight months into his job as Philadelphia's top federal prosecutor, and he was already angling for a better gig.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Chicago Sun-Times

Why gun seizures won’t end gun violence

Gun possession arrests must target the drivers of gun violence who have illegal firearms, not otherwise law-abiding people who are not involved in crimes.

Reason

Grabbing Guns Won't Reduce Urban Violence

Firearm seizures are ineffective, and gun possession arrests are frequently unjust.

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