It’s the Friday news roundup! In today’s episode, host Trenae Nuri is joined by Mensah Dean, staff writer for The Trace, and Ellie Rushing, criminal justice and law enforcement reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, to discuss the recent killing of Temple University officer Christopher Fitzgerald, how residents are responding to increased police presence in the city’s 39th, 25th, 24th and 22nd districts, and what mayoral candidates have to say about reducing gun violence.
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Slain Temple officer Christopher Fitzgerald’s death an ‘extraordinary loss,’ officials say
Hope and Disenchantment as Police Flood Philly’s Most Violent Areas
‘Culmination of chaos’: Temple students react to death of slain police officer
Philly mayoral candidates say they’ll declare a crime emergency. What would that really do?
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