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For two North Philly neighbors two blocks apart, their choice in the DAâs race is about
more than politics â itâs personal. Lisa Deesâ 15-year probation for food stamp fraud finally ended in 2018. She credits incumbent Larry Krasner for that.
Sazam Berrios is afraid, two blocks over, where drug activity has spiked. He blames the DA. Democratic challenger Carlos Vega, who says heâll be harder on criminals, has his vote. Though the pandemic has led to a surge in violence in other big cities, too, some blame Krasner and his emphasis on reform for the violence in Philly. For some, Vegaâs appeal is just that heâs not Krasner, who is determined to
Family of man shot by Philadelphia police file wrongful death lawsuit
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Attorney Shaka Johnson, who is representing the family of Walter Wallace Jr., who was killed by Philadelphia police last October, speaks during a press conference in front of City Hall on Nov. 6, 2020. (Heather Khalifa/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)TNS
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PHILADELPHIA The family of Walter Wallace Jr., the West Philadelphia man whose fatal shooting by Philadelphia police in October set off days of protests and unrest in the city, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against the two officers who killed him.
The suit, filed in Common Pleas Court, accuses Officers Sean Matarazzo and Thomas Munz Jr. of using unreasonable force when they shot Wallace more than a dozen times outside his family’s home after he approached them with a knife amid what relatives said was a mental health crisis.
People began showing up as early as 9 a.m. on Friday for the walk-up vaccination site, which ran from noon Friday until noon Saturday, according to WHYY. The line wrapped for blocks around the arena. I expected a lot, said Dr. Ala Stanford, the founder of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium. I don’t know that I expected this.
The line at the Liacouras Center for the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium’s 24-hour, walk-up vaccination site wraps around the building multiple times. There are over a thousand people waiting in snow and freezing cold. People who arrived at 9 a.m. have yet to get in. pic.twitter.com/c7QXq4UKKh Ellie Rushing (@EllieRushing) February 19, 2021