PHILADELPHIA – After a jury ordered the City of Philadelphia to pay a total of $1 million to a pair of female, former Philadelphia police officers, who claimed they were the longtime targets of harassment and discrimination in a federal court lawsuit – counsel for the officers has further won more than $800,000 in attorney’s fees and costs, and the defense’s request for a new trial has been denied.
PHILADELPHIA – After a jury ordered the City of Philadelphia to pay a total of $1 million to a pair of female, former Philadelphia police officers, who claimed they were the longtime targets of harassment and discrimination in a federal court lawsuit, counsel for the officers are now seeking more than $800,000 in attorney’s fees and costs.
PHILADELPHIA – After a trial lasting one week, a jury has ordered the City of Philadelphia to pay a total of $1 million to a pair of female, former Philadelphia police officers, who claimed they were the longtime targets of harassment and discrimination in a federal court lawsuit.
deal with. was that last officer released from the hospital? steve: we have been listening to richard ross jr. the police commissioner of philadelphia briefing the press as to what went down. the suspect has been arrested, taken into custody. joining us right now is chief rich busby from the new jersey sheriff s association. chief, six cops shot, only by the grace of god are they alive right now. we are incredibly grateful. i think police around the nation and frankly the citizens of all communities are incredibly grateful. at the same time we are incredibly proud of the job that the officers in philadelphia did. they exercised amazing professionalism and strength. and ultimately we were able to get this thing resolved without anyone being hurt. i went to law school in that neighborhood. it s been a challenging area for decades usmght and without the presence and continued vigilance of the philadelphia police department, i don t know if folks could actually live
morning from that news conference. take a listen to what the police commissioner had to say about that time in that house. the gist of the conversations where they were. were they okay? and at some points letting them know what we were doing so that they would know should they hear things like breaking glass. when we had to do at different times to offer vantage points for the police officers. what was coming next. what they would hear next what we wanted them to do. we obviously had to be prepared should he run up the steps. jillian: police were in communication with those officers who were inside that house for all of those hours. but they also had to be very careful because there were three other people inside that house. i mean, this was a very tense 8 to 9 hours here in the section of north philadelphia. the good news, a sigh of relief as everybody wakes up this morning is there was no loss of life. send it back to you. ainsley: yes, unbelievable. six officers walked away unharm