Council Questions Police Commissioner Over Police Response at Philly Pride
The Philadelphia City Council Committee on Legislative Oversight held a long-awaited hearing “examining the strategy and tactics deployed by the City of Philadelphia for crowd control” during last June’s Pride Parade. Philadelphia Police were videotaped using aggressive tactics to quell what they claimed was a violent crowd; using tasers, horses, motorcycles, and crowd control implements, […]
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