Photo: www.philly.com A few months ago, I posted an update to an earlier post about the tragic death of Lawrence Allen, who was gunned down (shot in the back) by Sgt. Chauncey Ellison, an off-duty Philadelphia police officer, over an alleged dispute involving a pizza and the officer’s son. Earlier this week, I heard on the local news that the city had suspended and planned [...]
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Seriously Under The Radar News Coverage: No Charges in the Lawrence Allen Case
Posted by Tieffa Harper on January 8, 2010
http://plenaryreview.com/2010/01/08/seriously-under-the-radar-news-coverage-no-charges-in-the-lawrence-allen-case/
Under The Radar News Coverage: Lawrence Allen
A few months ago, I posted about the tragic shooting of Lawrence Allen by an off-duty Philadelphia police officer. Sadly, Mr. Allen passed away three months after the shooting. In February 2009, Dafney Tales of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported the following: For nearly three months, Lawrence Allen fought an uphill battle to stay alive after an off-duty police [...]
Posted by Tieffa Harper on June 3, 2009
http://plenaryreview.com/2009/06/03/under-the-radar-news-coverage-lawrence-allen/
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I saw an alarming report on CNN this morning regarding a new Save The Children study, which revealed that two-thirds of America’s fourth graders are reading below grade level. Here are the key findings: More than 2.4 million public school fourth graders — 68 percent — are reading below grade level. No state has more [...]
Posted by Tieffa Harper on May 6, 2009
http://plenaryreview.com/2009/05/06/the-morning-papers-8/
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Dick Cheney’s been making the rounds in the press. Check out the wonderful tributes to him here, here and here as he exits. Cheney also mocks incoming VP Joe Biden’s grasp pf the Constitution (I’m literally floored here) and Congress, even though he’s leaving the White House as one of the shadiest VPs in history. One of Cheney’s criticisms: that Biden won’t have [...]
Posted by Tieffa Harper on December 24, 2008
http://plenaryreview.com/2008/12/24/the-morning-papers-7/
