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Nutter Says Immigration Is The New Segregation [with video]
A US District Court judge in Arizona slashed several key provisions to the state’s controversial immigration law Wednesday, but clones of the bill are multiplying across the nation, including in Pennsylvania. State Representative Daryl Metcalfe introduced House Bill 2479 May 4th this year, saying that it would help balance the budget, despite that Governor...
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New Mumia Abu Jamal Documentary to Premiere at Merriam Theater
The story of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted of killing Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner nearly 30 years ago, is being told (again). This time by a local documentary filmmaker. Tigre Hill, a 1993 Temple grad who lives in West Philly, is premiering his film, The Barrel of a Gun, on Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Merriam Theater. Tickets are $46.99 (Faulkner’s...
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Philly Photographer Zoe Strauss Sends Us Some Disturbing Oil Spill Pictures
We reported in the beginning of July that Philly’s unofficial photography laureate, Zoe Strauss, was raising some cash to get to the Gulf of Mexico. Her goal? To document the aftermath of BP’s oil spill, which was the result of an explosion on an oil-drilling rig off the southeast Louisiana coast 101 days ago. What follows are some disturbing images...
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Philly Officer Crocket Charged With Theft, In Mental Institution
$825. That’s how much Officer Kenneth Crocket, a 26-year-veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department, allegedly stole from Pat’s Café in Northeast Philly the other night. And now he’s been committed. Da Inky: Officer Kenneth Crockett, 56, was involuntarily committed to a mental institution early today after learning he was to be charged, said District...
Continue ReadingCity and Scouts Still Fighting Over Verdict
While world-renowned criminal President Obama dissed America and skipped an “historic” boyscout conference yesterday, the Philly scouts and the city were still arguing over the whole building/rent/antigay thing you thought was settled, what, a month ago? Here’s what’s up, in bullet form! • Since the scout property is on city land, the city still has...
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Police Encourage Philadelphians to Eat Hoagies, Not Bullets
Ricci's Hoagie Shop, at 1247 S. 21st St. in South Philly, is sponsoring a gun buyback program to help make the community around the eatery safer. Bullets shattered the currently boarded-up windows of this recently renovated house during a June 3 shooting. Less than two weeks before Ricci Pagliarella was slated to open his second hoagie shop on June 14 on...
Continue ReadingPA Human Relations Commission Alleges ‘Reverse Redlining’ Against Wells Fargo
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission filed a complaint against Wells Fargo Bank early this month, claiming that the bank used reverse redlining in Philadelphia neighborhoods. In other words, Wells Fargo is accused of exploiting poor, African-American residents by allowing an abundant of sub-prime loans in densely black-populated neighborhoods that ultimately...
Continue ReadingKurland Busts Crooked Records Clerk
Another one bites the dust. A former city employee was busted for selling police and accident reports for cash, Inspector General Amy Kurland announced today at City Hall. Kelly Kaufmann Layre, a clerk in the police reports unit of the Records Department, has been charged with bribery by the U.S. attorney for providing information under the table to three other...
Continue ReadingBecause She’s Worth It? Superintendent Ackerman’s Ridiculous Salary
Phil Goldsmith is reporting on Superintendent Arlene Ackerman’s salary today. And he’s comparing her earnings to others in city government. Considering the obvious scandals and sheer incompetence surrounding her performance, Goldsmith makes us sad. So sad. Ackerman’s annual salary: $325 thousand not including perks, benefits, bonuses. Chicago Superintendent...
Continue ReadingNutter Supports Jobs Bill, But What About DROP?
Mayor Nutter joined the country’s other mayors yesterday in Washington in support of a bill that would save jobs. The report, released by the the U.S. Conference of Mayors (which includes a picture of Nutter on its homepage, how exciting!), concludes that local governments will slash approximately a half-million local jobs in the next 18 months all across...
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