How Brutal Policing Shaped Philadelphia

Prominent moments of anti-black violence and civil unrest

On the use of deadly force in Philly

The Department of Justice's findings on use of deadly force by Philly police

Penn's Gentrification of West Philly

The University of Pennsylvania has a long and ongoing history of displacing black communities in West Philly.

The day Philadelphia Bombed its own People

The 1985 police bombing of Philly's black liberation group, MOVE

The Philadelphia race riot of August 1964

How Philly's race tensions led up to the so-called 1964 race riot

The Shooting of Darrin Lee

Labor day of 2019, police shot Darrin Lee who was in the midst of a mental health crisis

The Brutal Legacy of Frank Rizzo

The former police commissioner and mayor known to fellow cops as "The General" has been dead for decades, but Philadelphia is still grappling with his controversial, racially-tinged policies.

The PPD Facebook Scandal

323 active-duty Philadelphia officers appeared in a database of racist or otherwise offensive Facebook posts.