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Christopher McDougall, "Law and Disorder," Philadelphia Weekly, June 18, 1997; Interview with Brad Bridge, city public defender's office, August 20, 1996. McDougall, "Law and Disorder," Philadelphia Weekly. Shielded from Brutality: Police Corruption in the United States. New Jersey Crime Line - Special Issue on Police Corruption
As a journalism major at Temple, Quiñones-Sánchez covered local elections and published investigative pieces on political corruption in Philadelphia for a local community newspaper. During her freshman year, she temporarily left school to give birth to her son and to later take a job with City Councilmember Marian B. Tasco.
Philadelphia, Steffens argues, is an important case for Americans to study, since its corruption in 1903 existed even after the city had reformed and adopted a new city charter in 1885. The Philadelphia machine, Steffens reports, "controls the whole process of voting, and practices fraud at every stage".
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. Former mayor of Philadelphia John F. Street Street in 1999 97th Mayor of Philadelphia In office January 3, 2000 – January 7, 2008 Preceded by Ed Rendell Succeeded by Michael Nutter President of the Philadelphia City Council In office January 6, 1992 – December 31, 1998 Preceded by ...
The Shame of a City is a 2006 feature-length documentary directed by Tigre Hill about the final month of the 2003 Philadelphia Mayoral Election. During that election, incumbent Democrat John Street sought to defeat his Republican challenger Sam Katz. Philadelphia is predominantly Democratic, but early polls showed Katz with a small lead.
A West Philadelphia unit he managed in the 2010s accumulated many misconduct complaints. Bologna was later found "Not Guilty" by a jury. [31] In 2021, the city of Philadelphia paid $2 million to a Black woman who in 2020 was pulled from a car and beaten by PPD officers, as well as separated from her toddler for hours.
Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love is a 2014 non-fiction book by Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker.The book details the true tale of how Ruderman and Laker, two reporters at the Philadelphia Daily News, led an investigation into police corruption in Philadelphia.
Rufus Seth Williams (born January 2, 1967) is a former district attorney of the city of Philadelphia. He began his term January 4, 2010. He formerly served as an assistant district attorney. Williams was the first African-American district attorney in Philadelphia and in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [1]