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Suburban courts & crime for @phillyinquirer . Reformed Pocono hillbilly. Ex- @hartfordcourant columnist. RIP @PhillyDailyNews . Powered by recycled parts.
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Me in my sophomore-year biology class at La Salle, impossibly hungover and trying to give a presentation I spent 20 seconds preparing for:
TRUMP: "The germ has gotten so brilliant that the antibiotic can't keep up with it ... there's a whole genius to it ... not only is it hidden, but it's very smart."
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Been getting a lot of hate mail on the Sesame Place story. People asking me what race the attackers and victim are.
1) We don’t include the race of people involved in crime unless it’s relevant.
2) If you need to know this info to comprehend this story, you’re a racist.
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Alexander McClay Williams was executed in 1931, the youngest person put to death in Pa. history. This week, his conviction was overturned after a decades-long fight by his surviving relatives and other advocates.
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The crowd continues to move west on Washington Ave, in South Philly. Chants of “say her name” and “fists up, fight back”
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BREAKING: Three Sharon Hill Officers have been charged with voluntary and involuntary manslaughter in the death of Fanta Bility. Two teens who had previously been charged with her murder have had those charges withdrawn. Story TK shortly
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Police from several suburban municipalities are staging in the parking lot of Cedarbrook Plaza. Early reports say there’s an active shooter in a Cheltenham Walmart
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This is 100 percent false. City commissioners said at a news conference earlier that votes will be counted 24/7. They’re not updating the numbers again until 9AM.
Out of 350k mail in votes for Philadelphia only 76k have been tallied. All counting has stopped and will resume at 9am tomorrow. This in conjunction with the 3 day extension has the telltale signs of shenanigans
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Citywide curfew is just minutes away, and the crowd at city hall is still holding strong. More people keep arriving, including this group.
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Late breaking SCOOP: 34 people are being quarantined in Delaware County, including 11 inmates at the county jail, after a jail employee tested positive for the coronavirus. So far, according to The GEO Group, none of the quarantined people have exhibited symptoms.
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Nov. 2012 - Dec. 2015. I love this city, and it loved me back. To everyone I met along the way: Thank you. VV
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Woman who got taken into custody earlier for giving flowers to the cops was released. Zoe Sturges said she was released around Temple with only a citation for “failure to disperse.”
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Brian Zidek says that since the Civil War, in order to get anything done in Delco, you had to be a Republican. “Well, that shit stops today.”
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Case in point: Here is a list of attorney Kelley Hodge's findings after the nine-month investigation, as released to the public.
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Both sides much closer together now. “I don’t see a riot here, why are you in riot gear” being chanted.
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DAs in four suburban counties held a moment of silence Friday for Sgt. Robert Wilson III.
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Several SWAT officers standing by near front door of Walmart. Still no official word on shooter or number of victims.
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Guess who's back, back again. I'll be out in the Pa. 'burbs for
@PHLmedianetwork
starting April 30. See you then.
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Officer Darrell James and Sgt. Daniel Cahban, the SEPTA transit officers who delivered a baby boy on an El train.
http://t.co/bFTin06OZA
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PPD also confirmed three people shot, 2 females, one male. All shot in legs, lower extremities. All stable.
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Sharon Hill Borough Council promised to release a report "before the end of July" summarizing an attorney's independent investigation into the former officers who shot Fanta Bility. It was just released at 3pm and it is almost entirely redacted.
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She’s a kindergarten teacher and wanted to show her students what their rights are. Gave the officers flowers, daisies from Trader Joe’s. “Keep fighting Philadelphia,” she said.
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I cleaned out my desk today at the Inquirer’s Schuylkill Printing Plant, which the company recently announced the sale of. Lotta solid reporting took place in this room.
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The protest has anchored around city hall. Small pockets of people chanting. By the Catto statute, there ls a pick up game between cops and protestors
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Crowd is getting larger at Frankford/cottman for pro-police rally. Several hundred mining with police.
http://t.co/B26uVXuotZ
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I’m here today at Clark Park with
@MensahDean
and other Inquirer reporters to cover the planned Proud Boys protest and neighborhood counter protests. So far it’s been quiet, with neighborhood residents setting up banners and having picnics.
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The crowd is now on 95. Getting into standoffs with motorists.
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And it'll never love you back.
Journalism is a low trade and a habit worse than heroin, a strange seedy world of misfits and drunkards and failures.
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History made here tonight in Delco. As Councilman Kevin Madden said, this was thought almost impossible a decade ago.
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You guys have all been too kind to me. I appreciate the support. But I'm a 25 y/o punk; focus on my co-workers who have kids, spouses.
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Families throughout southeastern Pa say their loved ones in nursing homes were given the drug without their consent. In some cases, they didn’t know until after their relative died.
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UPDATE: Sharon Hill Solicitor Sean Kilkenny says in a statement that the borough council will place a motion on the agenda for its Thursday meeting to fire the three officers charged in Fanta Bility's death.
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Protesters confronting some officers near city hall.
#PhillyisBaltimore
http://t.co/VzYhZVULqu
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If anyone at the
@PhillyInquirer
wants a "Rural Pa. Dining Guide," give me and Nark a van and a few weeks, and we'll produce something memorable. Old Forge pizza, Lebanon bologna, City Chicken, etc.
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Call me lame, but I will never not marvel at the fact I can walk past the fuckin Liberty Bell on my way home from meeting a friend for a few beers.
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BREAKING: The Sharon hill Borough Council has voted 6-1 to fire the three officers charged in Fanta Bility’s death. Councilwoman Sandra Holcomb was the lone dissenter.
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Chefs from Abe Fisher, Dizengoff and River Twice came out with 120 meals for protestors. One of the chefs said he had supplied food earlier in the week, but today was the first time he personally delivered it.
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The acting warden of the Chester County Prison confirmed our reporting from yesterday: That Danelo Cavalcante escaped the same way as Igor Bolte, specifically by crab walking up a narrow wall in the facility’s exercise yard.
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Having lost a relative earlier this year to COVID, I find it a little disgusting how much people are celebrating this diagnosis, even wishing him dead. I don’t like the man either, but the biggest issue our country faces is a lack of empathy. Hate me if you want; I don’t care.
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The only portions of the 55-page report that are readable are a summary of the facts of the shooting, as well as the department's use-of-force policy. Both of which were already public knowledge.
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Holy shit. Talk about a ray of sunshine amid overhanging gloom: After 8 years, three of which I spent working a second job, I have pried loose the vampires from my neck.
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Let me tell you, from intense personal experience, that getting laid off is a torment, especially in an industry where most people hate you and want you to fail. I stand proud with
@dmastrull
and all she's been doing for us.
Today we delivered a petition of 255 signatures to our publisher to demand no layoffs.
The
@PhillyInquirer
has already offered voluntary buyouts to several of our colleagues.
Our signatures were given to, & accepted by, our Vice President of our People and Culture (HR) team.
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Market is pretty much completely shut down. Group heading to City Hall.
#FergusonPHL
http://t.co/6w4CLFmmUM
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Just got these from Ana Martinez, Osvaldo's wife. Max, family's missing dog, is home safe, thanks to
@PhillyPolice
.
http://t.co/bw7s9E0qnt
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Rally just let out, right into the protest. It's a sea of people. Deafening.
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So the Inquirer’s Regions Desk is being dissolved. For almost two years, I was part of a small, scrappy team of reporters covering four suburban Pa counties with an eye toward larger, impactful stories. It was a lot of work. Here’s some of the stuff we did that I’m proud of. 1/?
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Doylestown Hospital has set up this emergency response tent near its Emergency Department. The temporary facility will allow primary care physicians to see patients who are exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19. If the patient has severe symptoms, they can be admitted to the hospital.
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Malcom Jenkins speaks about the need to have citizens’ input when choosing the city’s next police commissioner. Jenkins and Meek Mill are leading a town hall tonight on how to improve policing in Philly.
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@mcp_emo
It’s also one of the most aggressively toxic comments sections I’ve seen on Facebook. 10/10
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I’ve been working with
@dgambacorta
since the early days. No one tells a story like he does. We’re lucky he’s been on this since one since it unfolded.
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I don’t care who you are or what media org you work for. This is bad for our region.
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It says “Inquirer” but this reads like a quintessential
@PhillyDailyNews
story from the glory days, circa 2012. A must read from
@wbender99
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I just watched “The Paper,” and it made me miss the
@PhillyDailyNews
so much I’m close to physical pain. I’m forever grateful for my years of real, gritty tabloid news. RIP.
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BREAKING: Kratz found guilty of first and second degree murder in the death of Dean Finocchiaro
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UPDATE: THEY WON AGAIN. This time with Astrid Rodriguez, for their video about love in the Italian Market.
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The view from the top. Chants of "USA" met with "This is what democracy looks like."
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Imagine being an elite art critic who probably makes more than the entire staff of most local newspapers combined and not knowing how to brew coffee at home.
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About 3 poll watchers today have asked me if I’m an “operative” for a political party because I’ve stood outside polling places to talk to people. Is that conspiracy theory really more believable than a newspaper reporter interested in a local race?
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"We're here to let you know today that these are our streets."
#PhillyisBaltimore
http://t.co/1T1pUP6Kzz
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Summary of my inbox and voicemail after the Delco fraud story:
-I have been informed that I am an asshole, fake news reporter.
-Multiple angry men endorsed a civil war
-The Democrats filed thousands of fake ballots that I ignored (see above)
Local reporting is glamorous, folks.
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Buongiorno! Today, Hartford gets its own Italian consulate, dedicated by the Italian ambassador to America himself. I was chosen to write this story for obvious reasons.
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On the second night of protests after the announcement of the results of the grand jury investigating Breonna Taylor’s death, protestors are marching toward I-95 in Old City.
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After two years, today was my last day at the Courant. I will always cherish my time here. Thank you for letting me tell your stories.
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I love the energy of this headline.
Philly cancels almost everything | Morning Newsletter
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During the brokered extra hour of protest, the much smaller group has been singing and dancing. Including to the “Cupid Shuffle.”
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Neglected to mention that I stopped in Hartford this past weekend and reunited with some goddamn legends of journalism.
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Proof I do my job: Asking a question of Lt. Col. Bivens at the press conference announcing Danelo Cavalcante’s arrest, courtesy of
@GovernorShapiro
’s Flickr account.
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Of note, the Delco Council is now made up of 5 Democrats, a supermajority. Unlike other counties, Delco doesn’t have a requirement that council needs to have a minority seat.
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Mike Chitwood, ladies and gentleman.
Intoxicated male found standing outside a closed fast food drive through with his penis out. We told him there has been enough suspicious packages this week and took him into custody.
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After two weeks back in this beautiful city, I realized I missed the following things on a subconscious level:
1) "Hoagie-mouth" (Philly accent)
2) Hoagies in my mouth
3)
@PierreRobert933
It's good to be home.
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I’m not a scientist, but probably when he got involved with human trafficking.
Patriots owner Robert Kraft is known for a lifetime of philanthropy and goodwill. What went wrong?
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John Gardner, 85, is the oldest voter I've met today. He votes b/c of the leaders who died for his right to do so.
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Speaker chastises Anthony Hardy Williams for making rally a "photo-op".
#PhillyisBaltimore
http://t.co/cx4eSyAG1b
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I was drawn to this profession, in part, because the newsrooms of my early career were filled with colorful, misfit characters like me who all crackled with the same energy and dark humor. Working from home is me screaming into the void while my dog paces nervously.
newsrooms are special places & despite the perks of working from home, I miss them. i miss the collaboration, the comradery, the sense that together you're doing your best to put out that paper, newscast, show. the feeling that one is doing meaningful work, & not just working.
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Spotted this inside an ancient Dunkin I was filing from in Chester County today. My two favorite things. RIP to the greatest tabloid of all time.
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BREAKING: Three police officers charged in the death of Fanta Bility pleaded guilty to 10 counts each of reckless endangerment. Sentencing will be Jan. 12
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This incredibly talented videographer’s work was nominated for two local Emmys. If I had any say in the matter, she’d already have them.
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.
@lschneiderman_
and Rashad Hardnett just won an Emmy for their video “Warrior Spirit.” Goddamn right.
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Eleni Cavalcante, Danelo Cavalcante’s sister, has been arrested by state police. Lt. Col. Bivens wouldn’t say why, or whether she had been assisting the escaped fugitive. Eleni testified for the prosecution at her brother’s trial in August, revealing texts btw her and the victim
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What an excellent way to start the week.
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A Saturday long read for you, courtesy of me and
@wbender99
. The full recounting of Danilo Cavalcante’s 14-day, 22-mile flight from custody, and how it came to a sudden end early Wednesday.
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I’ve been looking up to and learning from
@dgambacorta
since I got out of college and started working in this crazy business. He’s a paisan, a fellow
@CloutPage
apprentice and an all around talented guy. Well deserved.
“I’m just a guy from South Philly.” — Reporter
@dgambacorta
, when presented today with the Ralph Vigoda Award for Outstanding Journalism by Editor
@escobarinquirer
@PhillyInquirer
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That’s like saying: “Man, this bucket would be way more productive if it had more holes than just the one at the top.”
During a Press Club of Cleveland program tonight, cleveland dot com editor Chris Quinn noted The Plain Dealer reporter layoffs were based on "productivity" and the parent company's belief that the newspaper had too many reporters for the city's market size. (1/2)
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A group of about 20 protestors have gathered near 30th St Station. Called “Fists of the Fallen,” they’re painting their hands red and plan to march through the city in protest against police brutality.
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John Reilly Jr. has run Delco's jail since 2008. The facility, the only privately run one in Pa, has a history of keeping information out of public view. That, apparently, extends to Reilly, as revealed by a whistle blower's letter and other documents.
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Former Chester County Sheriff Carolyn "Bunny" Welsh was charged with two counts of theft today. AG Shapiro's office alleges she allowed employees to use funds raised for the K-9 unit to pay personal expenses and paid employees OT for volunteer work.
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Cops with shields and zip ties just showed up. Another tense moment when people threw a water bottle at the cops.
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