2020 in Pa.: The year in photos
Updated on Dec 28, 2020;
Published on Dec 28, 2020
Harrisburg Black Lives Matter Demonstration at the Capitol to protest the murder of George Floyd. A protestor is simultaneously sprayed with pepper spray and hit with a billy club as tensions ran high. May 30, 2020 Sean Simmers | ssimmers@pennlive.com
The past year has been both unfathomable and unforgettable.
In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic irrevocably altered life in Pennsylvania and around the globe. As the virus emerged in the spring, life changed in ways no one could have foreseen or even conceived a year ago.
Schools, businesses, sports and entertainment venues shut down. Doctors and nurses scrambled to treat patients suffering from an illness they were only beginning to understand. Shoppers endured shortages of staples such as disinfectants and toilet paper. Many had to work at home and simultaneously help their children navigate the concept of going to school virtually.
Stopping the violence: Why changing the gun culture in Harrisburg won’t come from a quick fix
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
Posted Dec 23, 2020
Police investigate a shooting in the 300 block of Hummel Street in Harrisburg, November 13, 2020.
Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com
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Twenty-four people were hit by bullets. Four of them died.
And the majority of the people involved have been teens and others in their early 20s.
Police Commissioner Thomas Carter says he wants to get guns off the street and prevent youths from joining neighborhood gangs. Mayor Eric Papenfuse introduced a city budget that creates a community policing division entirely devoted to developing the partnership between Harrisburg residents and the officers that patrol their neighborhoods.
Harrisburg district judge asked for police chief, pulled pill bottle from car during son’s arrest: court records
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
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When Harrisburg police pulled over Kevin Baltimore in February for an expired vehicle registration, he told the officer his mother was Magisterial District Judge Sonya McKnight, according to court records.
He then called McKnight in spite of being told by the officer not to use his phone, the records said.
McKnight drove to the scene of the traffic stop at North 6th and Peffer streets and called Commissioner Thomas Carter on the way, prosecutors allege.
The new details emerged from court records released Wednesday morning after McKnight was arraigned on charges of tampering with evidence, obstruction with the administration of law and official oppression in connection with that 2:30 a.m. traffic stop on Feb. 22. A Common Pleas judge released McKnight with unsecured bail after her 11 a.m. hearing at the booking center.