By carefully tracking each homicide, found body, and suspicious death, we hope to either provide greater confidence in the city’s published tally, or we hope to expose and correct flaws in the city’s data.
By Broad + Liberty staff and other contributors
Paul Davis: DEA seized 379 million doses of fentanyl in 2022
Twice as much of the deadly drug was seized in 2022 as in the previous year.
By Paul Davis
Patty-Pat Kozlowski: You don’t need brass ones to commit crime in Philadelphia
The City Hall Brass Railing Bandit — sawing away and carrying off a $20,000 brass railing on a Thursday morning — is simply rearranging the deck chairs on the S.S. Philadelphia.
by Patty-Pat Kozlowski
Ben Mannes: Will the arrest of a former Philadelphia deputy spell trouble for Sheriff Rochelle Bilal?
The scandal-plagued sheriff’s office is once again the focus of federal law enforcement attention.
By A. Benjamin Mannes
Paul Davis: Santa’s little self-helpers
This holiday season, brazen organized shoplifters may put retail stores out of business.
By Paul Davis
Ben Mannes: Questions about the accuracy of Philadelphia’s homicide statistics
Philadelphia reports an 8% year-to-date decline in homicides, but police sources raise concern over how some deaths are classified in the city’s crime reporting statistics.
By A. Benjamin Mannes
Paul Davis: It’s Your Funeral
Major Kensington drug boss sentenced to prison for distributing narcotics labeled ‘Funeral’
By Paul Davis
Ben Mannes: Rising crime is a referendum on identity politics
Skyrocketing violent crime rates from Philadelphia to Yeadon serve as an indictment of senior public safety appointments made through the lens of identity politics.
By A. Benjamin Mannes
Thom Nickels: Strawberry Mansion and the Krasner Effect
Nothing is sacred and no one is safe when the DA’s top concern is no longer stopping crime.
by Thom Nickels
Bridging Blocks: Grappling with America’s guns
Broad + Liberty is pleased to announce that our CEO, Terry Tracy, will be joining other voices from around the region in a series of conversations moderated by WHYY’s Amir Richardson and Christopher Norris. The first of these events is happening tomorrow, Nov. 9, ffrom 6 to 7:30 p.m. at […]