#philly pd

After all, the people who had given me this deadline were responsible for me. It was their job to protect me as best they could, to try and raise me right, to set me up for success, to teach me that actions have consequences and that, as a minor, my life was not fully mine. It was their responsibility to raise me to be respectful, polite, and kind, it was their job to help me become a good person.

Whenever I broke curfew, I was grounded and given extra chores or yard work. And whenever I didn't, I would come home to see my mom's tired smile as she turned off the front porch lights and walked up the stairs to bed. My point is: I didn't always like the rules set for me, but I always knew that my parents were only trying to protect me the best way they knew how.

Now, I'm under a different kind of curfew. This one is set by my city's mayor and enforced by their police officers, and it is anything but fair. Where my parents made rules to help keep me safe, my city has made them just to silence me. To silence all of us.

Because by setting up a curfew, cops are justified to beat the shit out of protestors as soon as the clock hits 8 PM. By putting a limit on its citizens, the city is taking away our rights and giving itself the right to arrest people fighting against injustice. By making it law that everyone must be inside while it's still light out, those in power get to continue to exert their control over us. They have given themselves legal justification for continued brutality and oppression.

So now, not only are cops kneeling on a father's neck for nearly nine minutes, or murdering an unarmed EMT while she slept, or shooting a man in the back because he fell asleep at a Wendy's drive-thru, or committing the hundreds of other racially charged murders that have occurred in the last few decades while still claiming they were just doing their job-- not only are cops getting away with taking lives time and time again, but now they're justifying the mass silencing of people who are exerting their legal right to free speech. Now they're beating college kids to a pulp and then charging them with assault. Now they're firing tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds of peaceful protestors, committing war crimes in the name of 'national security.' Now they're shaking hands with armed members of white power vigilante groups and then turning around and pulling off kids' glasses and masks to pepper spray them in the face. Now our city's mayor is 'praising protestor's actions' while allowing racist statues to remain and pretending not to see flagrant police brutality happening every single day and hoping we don't notice that he hasn't cut the police department's funding at all. Now our country's president is egging on the violence and calling people thugs for marching for equality and justice, and now our city is welcoming the National Guard in to patrol the streets. Now innocent people are being killed for the color of their skin, and peaceful people protesting those murders are being arrested, and cops can use their nightsticks on anyone out after 8 fucking PM.

We're under curfew for the protection of the people in power's desire to return things to status quo. We're under curfew so more unarmed black men and women and children can be assassinated by the police. We're under curfew to silence those who fight for what's right and to punish those who dare speak the truth.

We all had a curfews in high school to keep us safe. And if we broke them, we'd get extra chores or a grounding or a slap on the head.

But now we're anything but safe. And now if we break curfew, we'll get beaten bloody and locked in a cell.

They will continue trying to silence us.

What happens when a cop is charged with assaulting a protester? In the Philly police union, he gets a t-shirt in his honor. Such is the case with Philly police officer Joseph Bologna.

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BREAKING NEWS:

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia police are investigating a possible hate crime following an explosion at a home where transgender people live last weekend. It happened on the 5000 block of Woodland Avenue around 9:45 p.m. on June 23. Surveillance video captured two men walking by a home. Police say one of the men set an object on fire, which then exploded once the suspect threw it onto the porch. Police say the explosion, which is being called a deliberate act, damaged the porch but the suspects continued to walk west on Woodland Avenue. Authorities tell CBS3 that more than a dozen transgender people live inside the home. At the time of the blast, seven people were inside, but they were not injured. Philadelphia Police Department’s Lt. John Walker says this specific property was targeted before. Last summer someone shot paintballs at people sitting on the porch—making it clear to authorities that this home is a target. “We’ve been working with the human relations commission. We did move a city camera right to that location to try to catch some of these behaviors,” said Walker. One suspect is described as a black male, 20 years of age, thin build, facial hair, and wearing a hooded sweatshirt. The other suspect is a black male, 20 years of age, heavy build, beard, wearing a long-sleeve shirt over a tank top-type shirt and long pants. Police ask anyone with information leading to the arrest of two suspects to contact authorities at 215-686-3183/3184. There have been other explosions that are still under investigation in the city. Police do not believe those incidents are connected to this attack. –30–

Frankford once again gets a bad rap.

The city of Philadelphia is bracing for mass hysteria prior to the Eagles’ NFC Championship showdown with the Minnesota Vikings.

Per Ryan Briggs — Philly PD is warning businesses in the city — specifically the Frankford section — to have their security grates locked and secured, and to remove trash cans and other flying objects from outside their storefronts.

Guy Robs 7-Eleven Wearing A Red 'Incredibles' Costume (Video)

You can’t make this up when we’re talking about Philadelphia.

According to Philly PD, they and everybody else should be on the look out for a guy or potential frat boy robbing local 7-Eleven’s.

Northwest Detective Division is looking to identify and locate the suspect wanted for a robbery in Roxborough.

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The department put out a PSA channeling the show’s “No Hope with Dope” episode — with Ramsey’s face in place of Zack Morris’.

The video opens with some super high-tech (read: iMovie) strobe lights and bold letters announcing, “A PPD PSA.” From there we get the familiar cast telling us how “dumb,”…

Philly Police Seen Playing With Kids And Being A Positive Force — An Example For All (VIDEO)

While there are a lot of bad apples out there within almost any police force, it must be highlighted that there are probably more good than bad police officers out there. Officers that seek to be a positive influence on the neighborhoods they serve and protect and hope to develop lasting, trusting relationships.

Over the past several months (years — decades), we have seen some pretty awful and…