Archiv: Philadelphia


17.06.2020 - 04:07 [ The Hill ]

Philadelphia mayor declares Juneteenth a city holiday

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) announced Tuesday he will make Juneteenth a paid holiday for all executive branch employees and introduce a bill making it a statewide paid holiday.

06.06.2020 - 22:57 [ Ryan Knight, Democratic Socialist / Twitter ]

This is Philadelphia. This is not a moment. This is a movement to end the era of police brutality and white supremacist capitalism and begin the era of racial and economic justice in America. #BlackLivesMattters

05.06.2020 - 05:46 [ @greg_doucette / Twitter ]

Philadelphia, PA: four cops brutalize and arrest a man Notice how one cop deliberately put the man‘s hand on the baton / stick / whatever, just so he could then beat the guy for touching it

(02.06.2020)

03.06.2020 - 17:57 [ Trisha / Twitter ]

TURN THE VOLUME UP: This footage is unbelievable! This happened today: Philadelphia Police Officers were firing tear gas on peaceful protesters who were TRAPPED on a fenced off hill on the side of a highway! THIS IS SAVAGE BRUTALITY!

01.06.2020 - 19:45 [ Reuters ]

Exclusive: Philadelphia‘s new voting machines under scrutiny in Tuesday‘s elections

After Pennsylvania postponed its 2020 primary originally scheduled for April due to COVID-19 pandemic fears, Philadelphia reduced its in-person polling sites to 190 locations, down from more than 800 that would typically be operating. Those sites are more concentrated in neighborhoods dominated by low-income and minority voters, U.S. Census data show.

12.04.2020 - 19:45 [ Philly Transit Riders Union / Twitter ]

do riders know that they might be pulled off a SEPTA bus by 10 cops for not having a mask?