Philadelphia Police: A History of Corruption
This post is part of Philly Power Research's “Beyond Policing” series. This series is continuing work that was previously led by Movement Alliance Project (MAP) over the past two years exploring how Philadelphia can invest in our communities to improve public safety instead of investing in policing. MAP's "Safety We Can Feel" campaign included a survey of 1300 Philadelphia residents and dozens of interviews on how to build strong, healthy, and safe communities.
Philadelphia Police officer disables a security camera during a raid on a West Oak Lane corner store, 2007. (Philadelphia Daily News)
Front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 19, 1971. The paper became a target of police supporters after reporting on police corruption.
Policemen’s Wives Picket Philadelphia Inquirer Loading Docks, 11/21/1971 Inquirer photo (Joseph Coleman)
Police raid West Oak Lane corner store and disable security cameras in 2007.
Lady Gonzalez interview with the Philadelphia Daily News. [content warning: description of sexual assault]
Six Narcotics Field Unit officers indicted in 2014: Thomas Liciardello, Perry Betts, Norman Linwood, Brian Reynolds, John Speiser and Michael Spicer.
Tom Liciardello and John Speiser, incidentally photographed hanging out together in a Philadelphia Inquirer profile of Jersey shore bar “The Wedge” in 2017.
This post is part of Philly Power Research's “Beyond Policing” series. This series is continuing work that was previously led by Movement Alliance Project over the past two years exploring how Philadelphia can invest in our communities to improve public safety instead of investing in policing. MAP's "Safety We Can Feel" campaign included a survey of 1300 Philadelphia residents and dozens of interviews on how to build strong, healthy, and safe communities.