The account of Bologna twisting a handcuffed protester's fingers so hard she feared they would break is the third accusation against the embattled inspector.Joseph Bologna Jr., the high-ranking Philadelphia police official charged with assaulting a protester during demonstrations last week, has been suspended “with intent to dismiss,” Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw announced Tuesday. The department’s one-line early evening statement didn’t specify the reasons behind the decision, but a spokesperson later clarified it was a procedural move taken when any officer is charged with a crime....…The account of Bologna twisting a handcuffed protester's fingers so hard she feared they would break is the third accusation against the embattled inspector.Joseph Bologna Jr., the high-ranking Philadelphia police official charged with assaulting a protester during demonstrations last week, has been suspended “with intent to dismiss,” Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw announced Tuesday. The department’s one-line early evening statement didn’t specify the reasons behind the decision, but a spokesperson later clarified it was a procedural move taken when any officer is charged with a crime....WW…

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons sent former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah home to Philadelphia last month to serve the back-half of his 10-year term at home or a halfway house.The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has accomplished what former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah could not in two appeals. It sprang the disgraced pol early from lockup.A bureau spokesperson confirms that Fattah, a Philadelphia Democrat on corruption charges, returned to the city June 8 from a federal prison near Scranton and will serve the rest of his sentence either in a halfway house or under house arrest.But the bureau refused to say why the...…The U.S. Bureau of Prisons sent former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah home to Philadelphia last month to serve the back-half of his 10-year term at home or a halfway house.The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has accomplished what former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah could not in two appeals. It sprang the disgraced pol early from lockup.A bureau spokesperson confirms that Fattah, a Philadelphia Democrat on corruption charges, returned to the city June 8 from a federal prison near Scranton and will serve the rest of his sentence either in a halfway house or under house arrest.But the bureau refused to say why the...WW…

In three separate federal lawsuits focused on police response to unrest on I-676 and on 52nd Street in West Philadelphia, the plaintiffs said city officials and police violated their constitutional rights with “grossly excessive” actions.Pointing to “extraordinary abuses of police power against peaceable protesters and uninvolved Philadelphia residents,” 146 people sued the city Tuesday over law enforcement’s response to the unrest last month provoked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.In three separate federal lawsuits, plaintiffs said city officials and police violated their...…In three separate federal lawsuits focused on police response to unrest on I-676 and on 52nd Street in West Philadelphia, the plaintiffs said city officials and police violated their constitutional rights with “grossly excessive” actions.Pointing to “extraordinary abuses of police power against peaceable protesters and uninvolved Philadelphia residents,” 146 people sued the city Tuesday over law enforcement’s response to the unrest last month provoked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.In three separate federal lawsuits, plaintiffs said city officials and police violated their...WW…

With facilities shut down to visitors and routine state inspections suspended, several families say obtaining accurate, complete information about what treatments are being administered to Pennsylvania’s 134,000 long-term care residents is next to impossible.At first, Derrick Cain didn’t recognize the name of the medicine that doctors gave his great-aunt when she was diagnosed with COVID-19 last month at her Delaware County nursing home.The staff at the Broomall Rehabilitation and Nursing Center said the drug seemed to be helping the 85-year-old woman’s symptoms. Only later, doctors told...…With facilities shut down to visitors and routine state inspections suspended, several families say obtaining accurate, complete information about what treatments are being administered to Pennsylvania’s 134,000 long-term care residents is next to impossible.At first, Derrick Cain didn’t recognize the name of the medicine that doctors gave his great-aunt when she was diagnosed with COVID-19 last month at her Delaware County nursing home.The staff at the Broomall Rehabilitation and Nursing Center said the drug seemed to be helping the 85-year-old woman’s symptoms. Only later, doctors told...WW…

Disgraced former Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams returns to his hometown to serve the balance of a 2017 five-year federal prison term at a local halfway house.Welcome home, Seth Williams!Philadelphia’s former district attorney, last seen by U.S. Marshals to serve a five-year prison term for bribery, returned last week to finish his sentence under the supervision of a local residential reentry program.Williams, in West Virginia, returns to the hometown where his once promising political career collapsed amid a series of personal scandals, federal charges and ethics inquiries in...…Disgraced former Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams returns to his hometown to serve the balance of a 2017 five-year federal prison term at a local halfway house.Welcome home, Seth Williams!Philadelphia’s former district attorney, last seen by U.S. Marshals to serve a five-year prison term for bribery, returned last week to finish his sentence under the supervision of a local residential reentry program.Williams, in West Virginia, returns to the hometown where his once promising political career collapsed amid a series of personal scandals, federal charges and ethics inquiries in...WW…

In an email obtained by The Inquirer, Chief Defender Keir Bradford-Grey said that after two days of hearings before Common Pleas Court Judge Anne Marie Coyle, the Defender Association no longer believed it was in its clients’ best interest to bring cases before her.As Philadelphia’s courts continue to hold emergency hearings to reduce the jail population amid a coronavirus outbreak behind bars, one judge has rejected every request for inmate release — and has even increased the bail for four.That record over two days prompted the Defender Association to inform the courts Tuesday evening...…In an email obtained by The Inquirer, Chief Defender Keir Bradford-Grey said that after two days of hearings before Common Pleas Court Judge Anne Marie Coyle, the Defender Association no longer believed it was in its clients’ best interest to bring cases before her.As Philadelphia’s courts continue to hold emergency hearings to reduce the jail population amid a coronavirus outbreak behind bars, one judge has rejected every request for inmate release — and has even increased the bail for four.That record over two days prompted the Defender Association to inform the courts Tuesday evening...WW…

Footage circulated widely on social media showed Rehl at the forefront of a mob of Proud Boys, many of whom have already been charged with crimes tied to the insurrection in Washington Jan. 6.Federal authorities arrested Zach Rehl, the president of the Philadelphia Proud Boys, on Wednesday on charges he conspired with other leading members of the organization accused in the attack of the Capitol on Jan. 6.Agents arrived at his home in Port Richmond and took Rehl, 35, away in handcuffs shortly afterward, a spokesperson for the FBI in Philadelphia said.The charges against him had not been...…Footage circulated widely on social media showed Rehl at the forefront of a mob of Proud Boys, many of whom have already been charged with crimes tied to the insurrection in Washington Jan. 6.Federal authorities arrested Zach Rehl, the president of the Philadelphia Proud Boys, on Wednesday on charges he conspired with other leading members of the organization accused in the attack of the Capitol on Jan. 6.Agents arrived at his home in Port Richmond and took Rehl, 35, away in handcuffs shortly afterward, a spokesperson for the FBI in Philadelphia said.The charges against him had not been...WW…

Images from the day show Zach Rehl, the Philly Proud Boys president, at the forefront of a crowd that marched on the Capitol and eventually breached the security perimeter. He hasn't been charged.With top leaders of the Proud Boys now facing charges for their alleged roles in the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack, scrutiny has increasingly turned toward one Philadelphia member of the group who stood by their side, helping to guide the organization’s march through Washington that day.Photos and videos shared widely on social media show Zach Rehl, the self-described president of the Proud Boys’...…Images from the day show Zach Rehl, the Philly Proud Boys president, at the forefront of a crowd that marched on the Capitol and eventually breached the security perimeter. He hasn't been charged.With top leaders of the Proud Boys now facing charges for their alleged roles in the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack, scrutiny has increasingly turned toward one Philadelphia member of the group who stood by their side, helping to guide the organization’s march through Washington that day.Photos and videos shared widely on social media show Zach Rehl, the self-described president of the Proud Boys’...WW…

Video clips of Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna over several days show aggressive responses to people protesting against oppressive policing.A high-ranking Philadelphia police official will be charged with assault after video surfaced of him beating a Temple University student with a baton during a protest Monday along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, District Attorney Larry Krasner said Friday.Krasner, who days earlier had declined to prosecute the student, said Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna Jr. will face counts of felony aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, and possession of an...…Video clips of Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna over several days show aggressive responses to people protesting against oppressive policing.A high-ranking Philadelphia police official will be charged with assault after video surfaced of him beating a Temple University student with a baton during a protest Monday along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, District Attorney Larry Krasner said Friday.Krasner, who days earlier had declined to prosecute the student, said Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna Jr. will face counts of felony aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, and possession of an...WW…