Update: Philly Gun Rights Advocate Settles with City
Gun rights activist has settled with the City of Philadelphia for $25,000, the ACLU of Pennsylvania tells us today. Mark Fiorino, last written about here on PhillyNow, had a license to carry an unconcealed weapon in the state of Pennsylvania Philadelphia (see below) and was harassed by Philadelphia police officers who he says did not understand their own laws....
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‘Occupy’ Police Capt. Ray Lewis Comes Back to Philly to Set Record Straight
Image: Michael Albany Former Philadelphia Police Captain Ray Lewis, who became a prominent face in the Occupy Wall Street movement last year, stood on the North side of City Hall for a few hours yesterday next to a sign which read, “To understand us, watch ‘Inside Job,’ Free online; a film about Corporate Greed, not 9/11.’” “I want to let people know...
Continue ReadingACLU Sues City of Philadelphia on Behalf of Gun Rights Activist
Here’s something you weren’t expecting: The ACLU, along with the law firm of McCausland Keen and Buckman have filed a federal lawsuit today against the City of Philadelphia on behalf of Mark Fiorino, a Lansdale resident who was allegedly harassed by Philly cops for carrying a gun, despite his license to carry. Last time Philadelphia Weekly wrote about Fiorino...
Continue ReadingThree Killed Over Holiday Weekend; Philly Murder Count Tops 300 in 2011
Over the holiday weekend, three people were shot and killed in the City of Brotherly Love, bringing the grand total of murder victims in Philadelphia in 2011 so far (with a month to go until 2012) to 301 – already more than in 2010 and 2009. The three victims over Thanksgiving weekend were male: a 20-year-old in Kingsessing; a 22-year-old in North Philadelphia;...
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