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The city says these grants are more than a one time investment. The organizations will join a network that works with the city to provide training, networking and engagement opportunities. From the beginning of our administration, we have worked to end mass incarceration and address systemic racism that causes significant harm to our Black and Brown communities, Mayor Jim Kenney said in a press release. These grants double down on our commitment to bringing about just and safe reform.
Kenney announced the news at the city s biweekly briefings on gun violence and solutions, which convenes in light of the city s gun violence epidemic. Homicides are up 33% from last year, and shootings are up 37%. Domestic violence-related homicides have doubled since last year, according to Philadelphia police data.
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Larry Krasner was home staring at his television last Tuesday when a 12-person jury in Minneapolis returned a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.
The high-profile court proceeding, which began 11 months after the 2020 Memorial Day killing of then 46-year-old George Floyd, concluded with the 45-year-old defendant being declared guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter the full slate of charges against him.
“I was pleased … it was the right verdict,” Krasner, Philadelphia’s district attorney, told WHYY.
But, he said, this is really a drop in the bucket so many of these cases were never charged. Had George Floyd been killed in the same controversial manner 20 years ago, but without video, Krasner is confident that Chauvin would have never had his day in court.
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Gun violence continue to rise, but the city’s biweekly briefings may already be having a positive effect.
Community activist Isaac Gardner, shown here leading a march in October 2020, runs Unsolved Murders in Philly, one of the organizations in the new program Emma Lee / WHYY Apr. 28, 2021, 4:20 p.m. Love Philly? Sign up for the free Billy Penn newsletter to get everything you need to know about Philadelphia, every day.
Twenty Philadelphia organizations working on criminal justice reform will receive microgrants between $5k to $10k from a $200,000 pot. The groups will become part of an ongoing collaboration to help stop the rising violence in Philadelphia, the city announced Wednesday.
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