Showing posts with label PhillyMag.com. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PhillyMag.com. Show all posts

Monday, January 26, 2015

Family of Man Killed By Police In South Jersey Tells Al Sharpton to Stay Out Of It

Victor Fiorillo, Jan. 23, 2015, PhillyMag

As tensions mount over the December 30th shooting of 36-year-old Jerame Reid by police in Bridgeton, New Jersey, Reid’s family is saying thanks but no thanks to Reverend Al Sharpton.

The shooting was captured on video by a police dashboard camera, and it appears to show Reid being shot as he exits a vehicle with his hands up, after one of the officers said he saw a gun in the car's glove compartment and warned Reid not to reach for it. The case has garnered national attention.

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Sunday, January 25, 2015

Philly: VIDEO: Girl Attacked On SEPTA Trolley at 7th and Girard

Victor Fiorilla, Jan. 22, 2015, PhillyMag.com

According to Shayma’s mother, Foi Wharton, the trolley was crowded, as it usually is when her daughter gets on at around 7:25 a.m. to ride to her school near 4th and Girard. As Wharton tells it, Shayma’s bag kept bumping into a man on the crowded trolley, and he eventually became enraged and attacked the girl.

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