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Whatever is happening at the Convention Center has grown into quite a cast of characters. There’s a pastor telling ppl they’re going to hell and someone drowning him out with a French horn, a dude dressed as Joe Biden, plus a guy in a big dinosaur costume
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Philly City Council just passed a resolution that names Joel Embiid our MVP - "Most Valuable Philadelphian"
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Earlier today, the National FOP posted an image of Philly police holding a child and said he was “lost” and “wandering around barefoot.” It wasn't true. Police pulled the child from an SUV after bashing the windows and beating the driver Tuesday AM.
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There are hundreds of people on the “count every vote” side — lots of clergy, organized labor, have seen babies and elderly folks. Oh and that’s
@Dj_Neeeknyce
on the tunes
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Philadelphia Police fatally shot a 27 year old Black man this afternoon in West Philly. Two officers fired multiple times, and video shows the man was holding a knife about 10 ft away from the officers when they fired.
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During unrest in October, Philly police bashed an SUV, beat the driver, and pulled out her toddler. The FOP posted a pic of a cop with the boy, falsely claiming he was saved.
Now, 5 officers are on restricted duty. And Rickia Young is telling her side.
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no offense to the sun but the world revolves around philadelphia
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The pro-Biden side is *still* dancing (it’s been like 7 hours) and someone is burning sage. All this is truly one of the weirdest scenes I have ever seen
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sorry bad things do happen in Philadelphia. Have you ever seen the Erin Express
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Broad Street in Philadelphia is wild. People cheering out windows, honking horns, a man on a bike just yelled “Joe Biden won!” And 30 year old Alex Puhalla, a Scranton native, is literally doing back flips
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The pro-Trump side grew into about 100 people, some chanting “let us see the vote!” (That’s not legal for ppl not designated by a party/ campaign.) On “count every vote” side, dance party is still going and there are free tacos
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The scene in North Philly this afternoon ahead of a Shapiro-Fetterman-Obama-Biden rally
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Josh Shapiro wrote in his college newspaper that peace “will never come” to the Middle East and expressed skepticism about a two-state solution, describing Palestinians as “too battle-minded” to coexist.
A spokesman says his views have changed.
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She’s a reporter who got up and went somewhere today to cover an event for her local audience as opposed to posting on Twitter 300 times for those precious RTs
you're a reporter who gets a chance to ask JD Vance a question on national TV ... and you ask him this?
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Rickia Young was trying to make a U-turn during the unrest when Philly police pulled her from her SUV, beat and bloodied her, separated her from her toddler who was injured for hours, and kept her in handcuffs at the hospital, her attorney says.
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This large demonstration has a party bus and a jazz band. They’re marching from City Hall to Independence Hall, led by Black Philly Radical Collective. Some chanting “say his name, Walter Wallace,” others going with “fuck Donald Trump”
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Someone placed yellow carnations in the hand of the statue of Octavius Catto, a civil rights activist murdered in Election Day violence in Philadelphia in 1871. Installed in 2017, this was the city’s first public monument to a Black Philadelphian
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A group protesting through west philly being followed slowly by cars honking in support and drivers leaning out their windows cheering
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A police SUV is on fire at 52nd and market, surrounded by a crowd of a couple hundred
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I wanna see a front row of Philly royalty: SAID guy, chicken man, the dude who ran into the septa platform pole after the eagles won, the person who killed hitchbot, “unlike agholor” guy, Sam hinkie. Etc
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City Councilmember
@kendraforphilly
: “Today demonstrated what Philadelphia is all about.” She told hundreds in the crowd to keep up the energy for the next four years — she called for healthcare and housing for all, and a Green New Deal
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His family identified the man as Walter Wallace Jr. They said his mother begged police not to shoot
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with a group of dozens still in west Philly, about a block from precinct. Police with shields pushed back crowds as ppl threw bottles
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when i was an unpaid intern in 2012 i was assigned a story that was quite literally about the exploitation of unpaid interns lol
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Walking home from the Super Bowl party in the light rain like I��m in a lifetime movie and just got dumped. And everyone else on the streets just did too. Whispering go birds
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It’s unclear how many times Wallace was struck but there were at least 13 markers on the street and a witness said he heard about 10 shots. Cops said both officers fired “several” times
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Conor Lamb swings by his home polling place in Mt Lebanon along with his wife and 17-month-old.
He wouldn’t forecast a potential impact of Fetterman’s stroke: “I’ve gotten very little information about it, much like the rest of the general public.”
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With a crowd of about 200 protesters and counting in west philly, marching just hours after police fatally shot Walter Wallace Jr a few blocks away
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People who say Philadelphians are mean are wrong. A stranger just offered me a free whippit
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News: Philadelphia is paying $2M to Rickia Young, the woman who was seen on video being pulled from her SUV by Philly Police and then beaten in front of her child last fall. Mayor Kenney calls the officers' conduct "absolutely appalling." More to come.
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cannot be convinced these arent just two dudes bouta get beaned up at la colombe then thrown down a tall boy at garage fishtown
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Hello national reporters in town for a few days. You do not have to eat a cheesesteak
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Mayor Cherelle Parker is announcing all city of Philadelphia employees must return to the office or on-site work full time by July 15
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got a parking ticket for an expired permit
tried to renew my permit
ppa website says my permit is active
tried to call ppa
they close at 4
a philadelphia poem
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As hundreds chant to “count every vote” on the north side of Philly City Hall, racial justice protesters have gathered on the south side as the city is about to release body cam footage of police killing of Walter Wallace Jr
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Some people at the Washington Post who took buyouts thought it was insensitive to receive a departure email that included a line telling them to "take a last look" at the discounted WaPo merch store before leaving.
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100+ kids, parents and teachers are marching through Philly in the “Children’s March for Justice.” They’re chanting Black Lives Matter and signs say things like: “Be friends with everyone”
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cops asked guys with bats to go home. Protesters now engaging them, asking “why were others teargassed for peacefully protesting but they could walk around with bats and be protected?”
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I'm not posting screenshots of the image or sharing it or linking to it. There’s now an editor’s note on top of my story: an earlier version included photos of the child. The Inquirer has since chosen to remove them out of concern for the privacy of the family and the child.
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"A national political action committee, Black Americans to Re-Elect the President, had 35 donors from Pennsylvania in 2019. The Inquirer confirmed identities for 18 of them, all of whom were white."
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Helen Gym just arrived and conceded, saying Philadelphia just “elected the first Black woman to serve in the highest office in this city”
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Philly police initially indicated a man officers killed last week during a traffic stop was a fugitive with an open warrant, which led them to attempt to arrest him. Now they say that wasn't actually true - the warrant was for someone else entirely
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“Black lives do matter. I matter. My family’s lives matter.” Protesters speaking in the intersection at 15th and Market
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Philadelphia police asked federal drug agents to "infiltrate" BLM protests last June, according to emails obtained by
@CREWcrew
.
Critics say the request circumvented longstanding restrictions aimed at deterring the PD from spying on activists.
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Video surfaces showing Philadelphia Police bashing SUV windows, then beating driver while child was in backseat
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South Philly is beautiful. Someone got socked in the face tn at Parks on Tap
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A protest leader, Josh Yeboah, at Philly City Hall says those who gather will peacefully protest by holding a moment of silence for 8 minutes. “This is going to be a peaceful protest. We are social distancing from police officers.”
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pls Philly folks try to double check sources on anything related to our city (and we are doing the same). There is a lot of misinfo already. Follow orgs you know/ trust and journalists from places like
@PhillyInquirer
,
@whyy
,
@billy_penn
,
@phillymag
,
@PhillyTrib
,
@KYWNewsradio
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This person brought a sign with a list of local grassroots organizations fighting for Black liberation and how to donate
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the nyt video is incredibly upsetting and clearly showed what happened. it is a public service to philadelphia. it also just synthesized tons of reporting that's been out there for weeks. the shock expressed today is wild
Philly Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw, Mayor Jim Kenney apologize for tear gassing protesters on 676
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Demands from protesters at the Art Museum include:
- reduce PPD budget by at least 10% and reallocate to community orgs
- increase funding to improve trauma informed healthcare
- Krasner drop all charges against protesters + Outlaw resign after “gassing of the peaceful”
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Parker says this policy was *not* negotiated with the unions that represent city workers, and it's her position that this isn't subject to collective bargaining. Safe to say the unions are not happy
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Please point me toward a reporter who hustles more than
@JuliaTerruso
, who had *five* bylines in the
@PhillyInquirer
today, three of which were on A1. I’ll wait!!!
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The attorneys said the child's grandmother retrieved him hours after the incident, four miles away in Center City, from the back of a police cruiser with two officers in it. Mom and child are at home now tending to injuries. Young faces no charges.
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Nine people from the Whosoever Metropolitan Community Church in West Philly are standing in silence with signs that show the last words of people killed by police
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"A prominent West Philadelphia activist who is the lead plaintiff in a civil rights lawsuit over police response to racial injustice protests this spring was arrested by federal authorities Wednesday" from
@jeremyrroebuck
@oonagoodinsmith
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The city never reckoned with May 31 in West Philly, where:
- tear gas seeped into homes and over a bday party
- elderly woman hit by police-fired projectile
- cab driver shot by rubber bullet
- witness said cops called protesters racist slurs
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Philly is cutting ties with the group overseeing its largest vaccination site bc they didnt disclose they have a for-profit arm and folks' data could be sold
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this didn’t happen just in the context of this year. Walter Wallace Jr was killed three blocks from where the MOVE house was bombed in ‘85 and west philly residents have experienced police brutality for generations. colleagues document it here
It has been zero days since the last instance of police brutality in Philadelphia.
This timeline is not yet complete.
#BlackLivesMatter
#JusticeForWalterWallace
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no, this is not an announcement,
@sbcmw
reports:
Proud to be back with so many leaders from across our region supporting
@KamalaHarris
for President and
@JoshShapiroPA
for VP! We are One CITY, One REGION, and ONE Commonwealth United!
@PADems
@PhillyDems
@Joanna4PA
@PADemsChair
@IBEW98
@RepHarris
@PALaborers
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You can text me at 717-788-8990.
This new tool will help me stay in touch with more Pennsylvanians and keep you up to date on what we’re doing for good people of Pennsylvania.
Text you soon!
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This protester told me he wrote every black person killed by police over the last five years on this sign. It took him two days to write. He had to take breaks. “I feel an obligation to show their names.”
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City Council is filled today with Philly workers who largely oppose Mayor Parker’s return-to-office mandate set for July 15
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dozens of cops just arrived in fishtown where two crowds have been in a stand off for a couple hours after a group of men walked up and down Girard Ave carrying bats and hammers
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Well before this dumb little website goes down might as well let all the haters know that
@AndrewSeidman
and I are getting married next summer and we love each other very much!! Here’s us and Maggie
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Philadelphia city officials just announced: they are recommending people do not attend gatherings of more than 5,000 people. For reference, the Wells Fargo Center holds nearly 20,000.
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A few dozen people are blocking multiple entrances to Philadelphia Municipal Court today, the day eviction proceedings were scheduled to restart (these would be pre-pandemic cases rescheduled)
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Gov. Josh Shapiro is backing third-party progressive Kendra Brooks for Philly City Council, bucking some leaders of his own party
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yes phil's prediction sucks, but i just want to say if you live in pennsylvania and have never gone to punxsutawney for groundhog day, book your trip for 2024 now because it is truly one of the best, weirdest, purest things this state has to offer
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the mayor and police commish apologized for the use of force on I-676, but not in West Philly, a residential Black neighborhood, where "the teargassing went on long after things were calm.”
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pennsylvania sees your washington and raises you harrisburg
The PA House just tried to adjourn without picking a speaker and... tied 100 - 100. I think they're stuck in there.
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Biden speaking first and acknowledges the Trump rally going on across the state: “This crowds so wild, I think they can hear us in Latrobe.”
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“‘That’s my husband. That’s my husband, please,’ Morrison yells while filming the traffic stop. ‘I work for the mayor! I work for the mayor!’ The trooper can be heard telling Morrison to ‘shut the f—k up.’”
Earlier today, a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper executed a car stop on the Vine Street Expressway in Philadelphia, reportedly for a Motor Vehicle Code violation. Celena Morrison, the City’s executive director of the Office of LGBT Affairs, was in the vehicle that was stopped.
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It's a horrible day.
@PhillyInquirer
leaders once again resorted to layoffs - part of what the
@PhillyNewsGuild
aptly calls an "inhumane, callous, lazy, uncreative playbook." A twisted joke after we were just told to return to office more frequently in the spirit of collegiality
This follows the elimination of 32 Guild members in February in what technically was a buyout but would have been layoffs had those employees not accepted buyouts.
That's nearly 40 Guild members put out of work this year. That's some kind of people-focused, creative management.
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this video from
@astridrodrigues
and
@raishadmomar
clearly breaks down what happened that night, showing the police swarming the vehicle, beating Rickia and pulling out the toddler: (corrected link)
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Very close! I was not wearing a suit though
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yo.
@PhillyInquirer
journalists have reported from hospitals, schools, businesses, the streets, and their homes all year. the election is here, and PA is huge.
and now the newsroom is facing layoffs.
there is way, way too much at stake.
#NoLayoffs
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In a leaked memo, a Philly police captain told officers to conduct more car stops to get around stop-and-frisk reform. He was requesting the enforcement “in return for the fairness I have been giving in terms of granting vacation.” from
@samanthamelamed
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so the cops in Fishtown held a Zoom call tonight with 300 people. A police leader apologized, but it was overshadowed by the 26th captain, who said "black lives matter, white lives matter" and didn't commit to concrete changes
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Many races still uncalled but the Pa House Democrats are claiming they will take control of the chamber for the first time in more than a decade, a stunning victory for Democrats in the state
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Neighborhoods in every part of the city gave larger shares of their vote to Working Families Party candidates compared to 2019, but the growth was strongest in Black and low-income communities:
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A super PAC running anti-Helen Gym ads is largely funded by Main Line billionaire Jeff Yass, a strong proponent of charter schools. Several other notable contributions to the PAC:
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Obama says he’s glad to be back in “the center of the sports world.” He mentions Phillies and Eagles, then says “Sixers, well, it’s early” 😬
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Helen Gym is resigning from Council today and is expected to formally announce a run for mayor in the coming days
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The Working Families Party is declaring victory for BOTH Council at-large seats. Nicolas O'Rourke just called himself "your next Councilmember" on stage.
AP has *not* called yet
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