WHAT HIS ACTION SIGNALS FOR DEPARTMENT'S FUTURE
NUMBER OF claims made against the city for police assaults, excessive force, false arrests, shootings and civil-rights violations from 2003-2007: 587
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ON May 17, the community of Port Richmond held a Mass for Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski at Nativity BVM Church. I was asked to speak at the end of the Mass on behalf of the people of my neighborhood to address the Liczbinski family. This is adapted from what I said.
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DEAN MARTIN once said, "It's Frank's world, we just live in it." Ten years after his death, the tributes are still coming in. Last week, the Postal Service issued a stamp in his honor.
- IN 2006, with my background as a telecommunications consultant, I spoke at the city's wireless hearings. I drew on research from around the world, primarily on the health and safety of this technology and its negative biological effects on people, plants and animals. I also pointed out that Philadelphia was not a leader in either the science of this technology nor had it done even one study on its safety.
- THE VIEWS expressed in the article "Mosque: We Will Not Bury This Muslim" are of those who were interviewed but don't necessarily reflect the Holy Koran or the Philadelphia Muslim community.
- LETTER-writer Saleem Ali says, "The media make a big production when a cop is killed. It's on the TV, on the radio, in the paper."
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