Jan 8, 2021 | Social Justice
Brief # 2 Social Justice Breonna Taylor Case Update By Erika Shannon January 7, 2021 On March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor was sleeping in her home when Louisville, Kentucky police executed a no-knock search warrant. The warrant was for another person, not Breonna Taylor...
Dec 21, 2020 | Social Justice
Social Justice Brief # 2 Alternatives to Deadly Force: Tasers Policing in America Series: Alternatives to Deadly Force By Laura Plummer December 21, 2020 Summary On Oct. 26, Philadelphia police shot and killed Walter Wallace Jr. in broad daylight. In a viral video of...
Dec 18, 2020 | Social Justice
Social Justice Brief # 1 New Defense Authorization Act Calls for the Taking Down of Confederate Monuments at Military Bases By Erika Shannon December 18,2020 POLICY SUMMARY With 2020 finally coming to a close, many of us are beginning to look ahead to 2021. It is a...
Nov 30, 2020 | Social Justice
Policing in America Series “Police Wall of Shame” is a Policing in America series by Laura Plummer. November 30,2020 Summary Philadelphia is the sixth largest city in the U.S. and the largest city in Pennsylvania. It has a population of just over 1.5 million, with...
Nov 27, 2020 | Social Justice
FBI Hate Crime Statistics, 2019 By Erika Shannon November 26, 2020 The Federal Bureau of Investigation has put out their annual report on hate crimes in the United States. The report is made public and can be found here if you are interested in looking over it...
Nov 20, 2020 | Social Justice
By Erika Shannon November 20, 2020 In the past weeks, there has been some confusion about who our next President truly is. The Associated Press has declared Joe Biden the projected winner due to his surpassing 270 electoral votes; yet, there are still some doubters...
