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In Photos: 2020
The world has experienced some of the most extraordinary events in modern history this year, and the Penn community has been impacted by it all. The Daily Pennsylvanian's photographers have been on the ground documenting 2020 as it has unfolded.
Phila. releases bodycam footage, 911 calls from police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.
No charges have been filed against the officers who fatally shot Wallace Jr., though an internal investigation by the police department as well as a criminal investigation by the District Attorney's Office are ongoing.
Photo Essay | Scenes from a pandemic-altered Election Day in Phila., and its tense aftermath
Members of the Penn and Philadelphia communities masked up and voted in person at three different campus polling locations on Election Day. As ballots continue to be counted, tension and uncertainty hang over the city. The Daily Pennsylvanian sent a team of photographers to capture this unique election week.
Hundreds march through West Philadelphia protesting police killing of Walter Wallace Jr.
At least 500 protesters, including Penn students, gathered at the corner of Locust and 61st streets on Saturday evening to protest the Philadelphia police killing of Walter Wallace Jr.
Police fatally shoot Black man in West Philadelphia, prompting protests near Penn’s campus
According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, a bystander-filmed video showed that Wallace Jr. was armed with a knife and appeared further than arm's length away from the officers when they opened fire.
Citing the ‘power of landmarks,’ prof. launches civil rights site preservation initiative
The Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites will be led by Faculty Director Randall Mason, a professor in the graduate program in Historic Preservation at Penn.
Philadelphia City Council proposes bill to ban use of teargas against protesters
The bill was introduced on Thursday by Philadelphia City Council member and 1993 College graduate Helen Gym.
From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter: Inside the fight for racial justice at Penn
The Black Lives Matter movement inspires numerous comparisons to the civil rights movement of the 1960s. But some Penn alumni — who have marched on its bloodiest streets and decades later, remain committed to seeking justice — are not convinced there can necessarily be a direct comparison.
Penn students protest to demand murder charge for officers who shot Breonna Taylor
The protesters’ main demand was to indict the officers for Taylor’s death, but speakers and organizers also criticized the role of police in general and advocated for police abolition.
Hundreds of Philadelphians protest failure to indict police for killing Breonna Taylor
A grand jury charged one of the involved officers, who had already been fired, for firing recklessly into a neighbor's apartment, but no charges were brought against the officers for killing Taylor.
Photo Essay | Trump’s Phila. town hall met with chants, fists, and signs from protesters
Around 200 demonstrators lifted signs, chanted “Out Now!“, and called for political and social reform as 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump visited the National Constitution Center for a town hall on Tuesday evening. Here’s how the protest played out.
Effort to oust Penn prof. Carlin Romano from National Book Critics Circle narrowly fails
Romano previously came under fire in July for disagreeing with part of the NBCC’s statement in support of Black Lives Matter.
Here’s how Penn’s six cultural centers plan to support students remotely this fall
The DP spoke with the directors of all six cultural resource centers to discuss their programming for the online fall semester.
Jelani Williams: 'Penn as an institution has to do more for West Philly'
Williams outlined a number of concrete actions for Penn Athletics to undertake in an effort become an “anti-racist organization."
Police Free Penn advocates for campus police abolition in new lecture series
Police Free Penn, a social justice group formed in June, plans to continue to host informal lectures, or teach-ins, throughout the semester.
Hundreds march in Center City against police brutality in response to Jacob Blake shooting
The rally, which was endorsed by campus groups Penn Community for Justice and Police Free Penn, included an hour of speeches in front of City Hall before the crowd marched to the Philadelphia Police headquarters.
Penn, Drexel students call on universities to disband police departments
Protesters' demands include that Penn fire Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush, Drexel cut ties with independent police department reviewer and former Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey, and Penn and Drexel pay PILOTs, payments which support the Philadelphia community and schools.
Black students, alumni allege pattern of racial profiling by Penn Police
The president of the union that represents campus police denied any racial profiling by the Penn Police. The allegations come as the Division of Public Safety faces an independent review.
Photo Essay | Meet six Philadelphia Black-owned businesses facing the COVID-19 pandemic
While facing challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Black-owned businesses have also received an outpouring of support in light of the Black Lives Matter movement. Here's how six Philadelphia Black-owned small businesses have been affected.