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Changes ing that over those same years, he became a true friend in addition to valued colleague. Staying in the city, Marin is taking his investigative chops to digital-only pub Billy Penn, where here’s hoping he’ll still be calling people out on the daily and giving his new editor, the very awesome Danya Henninger, a few gray hairs like the phone calls I received for his content gave me. But with that change comes a fresh opportunity to bring in a new perspective, and n what’s been a wild month, I’m here to I believe we found that perspective in Andrea report a few changes being made here at Cantor. Cantor grew up in Philadelphia, knows the city well and has written for multiPhiladelphia Weekly. The ďŹ rst but not the biggest is the decision ple local, regional and national outlets in this of our parent company to move our print town. She’s hungry and like Max, isn’t afraid publication date from Wednesdays to Thurs- to call people out. What swayed us as a perfect replacement days. Many of you have sent emails and even a few handwritten letters – shout out to the for a great journalist was her dedication. BePW OGs out there, appreciate you – asking fore even getting offered the role, Cantor was what’s up with distribution. This will mark happy to take on the role of editorial assistant and in addition to covering protests, calling our third week of being out politicians, she was docirculated on a Thursday ing most of the legwork on schedule. our massive weekly calenFor those of you also dar. wondering where you can During the three-week ďŹ nd a PW, know that our protest that was Occupy City parent company, NewsHall, Cantor spent multiple paper Media Group, has days over that span talking removed many of the rusty to many within the city’s boxes off the street and has homeless population uncovreplaced them with in-house ering that by night they were drops. There are some boxes the face of a protest that had still out on the street, many an undercurrent of capitalist saturated at train stations greed by the activists leading and around Center City, but the charge. She reported on we created a button called life inside the camps, one full “Where to Find Usâ€? on our website that shows you the New Philadelphia Weekly senior of illegal drug use, ďŹ ghts and thievery. She was threatened staff writer Andrea Cantor key markets and neighborby protesters and chastised hoods we’re saturated in. Many of these drops are your local bars, by leaders within the activist groups for callconvenience stores, supermarkets, apartment ing them out. She took it all with a passion to dig deeper. buildings, etc. in an effort to be seen without That’s the kind of journalist you deserve. having to be so loud with a giant metal box. She’s also full of ideas and has a number of Any questions or issues about delivery times, distribution or where to ďŹ nd us can pieces on the horizon that proved to us that also be addressed to us at mail@phillyweekly. her dedication and intuition are something we can’t afford to have walk out the door as well. com. Perhaps the biggest change to happen here Have a tip? Want to wish her good luck? Hit over the last month is the change in our senior her up at acantor@phillyweekly.com or folstaff writer and associate editor role. Max low her on Twitter: @AndreaJCantor. In the age of news, where journalists are Marin has resigned from his role here at PW following a two-year run delivering some of viewed as a nuisance to an underbelly of corthe best journalism – and I’ll just say it – that ruption, lies and deceit, an alt-weekly, us as has been in this publication for quite some the last remaining one in Philadelphia need time. Together, I am proud that collectively a watchdog. We lost one well on his way to we were able to deliver a product to you that becoming one of the best in this town, but we we stood by, one that pissed a few people off gained a fresh perspective that is equally as with our reporting, because that’s what an alt- hungry. I’m conďŹ dent we have that. weekly is supposed to do. Now it’s time to keep it moving. Q And for that, I’d be remiss if I didn’t offer him a great deal of thanks in print, considerTWITTER: @SPRTSWTR
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Thank you, Mr. Lenfest O PORN FOR DOLLARS So in addition to shady energy scams and faulty bill collectors, there’s apparently a new threat to your wallet. According to a CBS3 report, scammers are sending emails to people across the country along with right here in Philadelphia, claiming that along with your online passwords, they have proof of your salacious browsing of porn websites. The scammers then threaten to release the information they have to your entire contact list unless you cough up some dough – in the form of Bitcoin. Now, while this is clearly a scam, experts warn this threat is a twist on an actual data breach where scammers can get access to your passwords and do some serious damage. A word to the wise, Philly...change your passwords. Often. Q
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ver the weekend, we were all saddened of the passing of Philadelphia business and mega philanthropist H.F. “Gerryâ€? Lenfest. He was 88. We could go on about Lenfest and his impact on numerous endeavors in the city, most notably his desire to make sure the journalism in this town remained sustainable for years to come, but former city mayor and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said it best when he said the following in an Inquirer interview: “We’ve lost our greatest citizen, there’s no doubt about that. ‌ He impacted the lives of Philadelphians at every level, in the city, in the neighborhoods.â€? And when it came to funding an upstart museum, arts program or the edgling state of newspapers and the imminent threat to journalists and journalism in the city he loved? “He almost never said no,â€? added Rendell. Q
Rally point City Hall has been the stage for revolt this summer and this week it didn’t let up. Earlier this month, Mayor Jim Kenney ordered the breakup of Occupy City Hall, a near three-week encampment in a battle for immigration reform that encircled the building. On Wednesday, it was members of Sunrise Philadelphia, a youth activist group who held a rally imploring Kenney to speak out against climate change, denounce contributions from big oil and gas and speak out about SEPTA’s massive plans for a gas plant in the city’s Nicetown section, one that repeatedly been chastised by residents and those in the health fields alike for its threat to air quality for residents of the neighborhood. The protest is a part of a movement called #HeatWeek, with youth from more than 10 states holding rallies and sit-ins on the subject of climate change and the threat of fossil fuels. Q
According to an Inquirer report, that’s how much Lenfest donated from his own pot to fund improvement of arts programs, historical museums and the sustainability of quality journalism in the city giving to many publications – most notably Philadelphia Media Network – the company that owns and operates the Inquirer, Daily News and Philly.com. Q
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A long list of complaints but cops still remain on the force. This detailed report examines why and what's being done to put a pin in the steady flow of citizen grievances.
Infernal affairs Philadelphia Police name officers named in hundreds of civilian complaints; 14 officers racked up a dozen or more allegations in the last five years BY RYAN BRIGGS & MAX MARIN
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even years ago, Philadelphia Police OfďŹ cer Ryan Pownall was pursuing Carnell Williams-Carney on foot through the streets of the city’s Frankford neighborhood.
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The suspect, who had a lengthy rap sheet, had been carrying an illegal ďŹ rearm when he saw Pownall and his partner closing in. He tossed his weapon and ran. During the chase, police opened ďŹ re. A single bullet struck Williams-Carney in the
back, permanently paralyzing him from the waist down. Investigators would ďŹ nd 10 shell casings from different guns littering the ground, but Pownall later testiďŹ ed that he had ďŹ red the round that hit Williams-Carney. In an ensuing lawsuit, the ofďŹ cer said he didn’t see the suspect drop the weapon and thought the man would turn and open ďŹ re. A jury ruled the shooting justiďŹ ed. But, regardless of the outcome, the Philadelphia Police Department’s own policies state that the near-fatal shooting should have been a red ag: an “early warningâ€? sign indicating Pownall’s use-of-force needed closer supervision. Instead, new records obtained by City & State PA and Philadelphia Weekly show that PPD brass instead effectively ignored that incident, along with 29 other allegations of misconduct ďŹ led by 15 different civilian complainants against Pownall. Pownall’s identity was recently made public by the department, along with a cadre of other problematic ofďŹ cers named in hundreds of complaints be-
tween 2013 and 2017. He drew more complaints than nearly any other of the 6,300 sworn ofďŹ cers employed by the department, ďŹ ve to six times higher than the average Philly cop. Although investigators from PPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau ruled that three of these complaints were credible, the worst punishment he received was unspeciďŹ ed retraining. And, thanks to the secretive nature of Philadelphia’s civilian complaint system, the public remained unaware of the growing stain on Pownall’s record. But this relative anonymity would come to an end in 2017, after Pownall opened ďŹ re on a second man – David Jones – this time fatally. The ofďŹ cer claimed the man had reached for a gun during another chase, but surveillance footage later contradicted that story. The incident sparked protests across the city and led Commissioner Richard Ross to take Pownall’s badge away. In the years leading up to that fatal shooting, Pownall was accused of everything from unjustiďŹ ed car stops to racial epithets to excessive use of force. In one incident alone, which was not sustained, Pownall and other ofďŹ cers allegedly dragged a man out of a vehicle, struck him in the groin with a ashlight and stole cash from his wallet. “It’s outrageous that any police ofďŹ cer with as many complaints as Pownall was still on the force,â€? said Paul Hetznecker, a veteran civil rights attorney. “I don’t care if they take the position that the complaints are unsustained. They should raise serious concerns within the department.â€? Indeed, records show that it's unusual for most Philly cops to garner more than one complaint a year--regardless of whether they are ever ruled credible. This roughly mirrors data from other big cities: A Boston Globe investigation from 2015 found that the worst ofďŹ cers in that city received roughly one civilian complaint a year. Yet analysis of complaint records showed that at least 30 PPD ofďŹ cers appeared to have drawn more than 10 complaints over the past ďŹ ve years. These records also show some, like Pownall and Northwest Philadelphia OfďŹ cer David Dohan, received far more. Dohan is listed in 19 separate complaints since 2013, averaging nearly four a year. Internal Affairs provided the names of 14 police ofďŹ cers who had together accounted for 158 complaints and 257 alleged offenses over the past ďŹ ve years. While only about 12 percent of all 4,000 complaints complaints ďŹ led by civilians since 2013 allege physical abuse, a full third of those made against these 14 ofďŹ cers allege violent misconduct. All of the ofďŹ cers named by Internal Affairs are male, most are white, several were even partners or assigned together on elite units few select police districts. Some were notably linked to excessive-force lawsuits or questionable shooting incidents, like Pownall, that have cost the city hundreds of thousands of
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NEWS dollars in settlements and litigation expenses. All earned at least three complaints or more in a single year, theoretically triggering the department’s own threshold for “early warningâ€? intervention. But records show few of the most-complained-about ofďŹ cers ever faced serious internal disciplinary action or reassignment – only Pownall was ever ďŹ red. And, of course, even in the rare instance where the commissioner has sought to ďŹ re troubled ofďŹ cers, union arbitrators for the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 have proven successful getting even the most tainted ofďŹ cers reinstated to the force. Pownall is likely to be next. “I remember an FOP person looking me right in the eye and saying, ‘The reality is [Ryan Pownall] will be back,’â€? said Hans Menos, director of the city’s civilian Police Advisory Commission. “He said it matter-offactly‌They’re very conďŹ dent.â€?
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For some officers within the Philadelphia Police District, their actions come with a multitude of complaints from those they've sworn to serve and protect.
EARLY WARNINGS An oft-cited maxim by police chiefs nationwide is that 10 percent of ofďŹ cers cause 90 percent of their problems. For oversight groups, civilian complaints are supposed to be a tool to track and identify problematic ofďŹ cers before they become involved in serious incidents. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney echoed some of these sentiments when he ordered the public release of civilian complaint data late last year. But his administration also quietly worked out a deal with the police department to limit the identities of ofďŹ cers and complainants to their ďŹ rst and last initial – and, in certain cases, no identifying markers whatsoever. In January 2018, City & State PA and Philadelphia Weekly attempted to match ofďŹ cer names with various identifying characteristics contained in complaint records – initials, rank, district assignment, race, sex – in an effort to identify ofďŹ cers with an unusually high volume of complaints. In April, Internal Affairs agreed to conďŹ rm complaint ID numbers associated with a list of ofďŹ cer names compiled by reporters and submitted by fax, at the department’s request. However, the resulting names are only a partial list of ofďŹ cers who topped the department for civilian complaints – those that could be narrowed down to a single ofďŹ cer based off of information contained in the complaints themselves. At least a dozen other still-anonymous ofďŹ cers appear to have recorded just as many complaints or more than police named in this story. However, while this continued lack of transparency has kept the media and general public in the dark about problem ofďŹ cers, these records do demonstrate that department brass must have known that certain ofďŹ cers, like Pownall, were being hit with complaint after complaint, year after year. A PPD policy memo reviewed by reporters outlines a so-called “early intervention functionâ€? within the Internal Affairs Bureau.
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Designed to ag errant behavior, the system is supposed to alert supervisors once an ofďŹ cer has hit the threshold for various incident types. That threshold varies from offense to offense, but its baseline policy states that if an ofďŹ cer accrues three civilian complaints in a year, supervisors should review the ofďŹ cer’s conduct for disciplinary action. But a damning 2015 report on the PPD’s use-of-force policies by the US Department of Justice noted that such chain-of-command intervention systems are “largely untested and unveriďŹ ed.â€? Attorneys, police watchdogs and even a former police captain interviewed for this story said this alert system often amounted to little more than a stern sit-down with supervisors. “The warning system provides no mechanism for that ofďŹ cer to be disciplined,â€? Hetznecker said. PPD spokesman Capt. Sekou Kinebrew insisted the department has “several internal mechanismsâ€? in place to identify problem ofďŹ cers, but declined to elaborate further. He acknowledged that 10 to 20 complaints in a few years’ time “could beâ€? a signiďŹ cant number for an ofďŹ cer to accrue, but stressed ofďŹ cer assignments and the nature of the individual complaints should be taken into consideration. In certain districts and units, police sources said, a high number of civilian complaints could even be seen as a sign of effective police work. “A lot has to do with their assignment – how many contacts they are having with people, the number of interactions they have,â€? said Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna, who oversaw some of the ofďŹ cers named in this report while serving as captain in the 19th District. While he feels sheer volume of complaints alone isn’t necessarily indicative of a rogue ofďŹ cer, Menos said his commission’s audits of Internal Affairs have raised deeper concerns about an investigatory process that ďŹ nds 98 percent of civilian complaints unsustained. In past investigations, Menos said, Internal Affairs often discounted witnesses who are relatives or friends of the alleged victim. “Say your brother was a witness,â€? Menos said. “Your brother,â€? in the eyes of Internal Affairs, “will most likely be deemed not independent and therefore not credible, which basically means you have to ďŹ nd a stranger to witness and then come forward about your complaint against police – or have it on camera.â€? Conversely, Menos added, an ofďŹ cer’s account of his partner’s conduct is often taken as “a reliable statementâ€? to investigators. Other discrepancies abound. In its 2015 report, the Department of Justice admonished Internal Affairs for recording ofďŹ cer interviews through typed notes, rather than audio or video recordings. The practice can lead to “incompleteness, inaccuracies, or unintentional bias,â€? federal investigators noted. But some complaints are simply never resolved: despite his ďŹ ring, several years-old complaints associated with Pownall, for example, are
still marked in police records as “pending investigation.â€? Experts, like John Jay College criminology Professor Jon M. Shane, said while many civilian complaints may be frivolous, persistent complaints against the same ofďŹ cers can give police brass a valuable opportunity to intervene before cops become liable for injuries, costly lawsuits or deaths. “Complaints are always a warning sign. When patterns of misconduct develop ‌ it gives police an opportunity to uncover wrongdoing, to uncover weak or inadequately trained ofďŹ cers,â€? he said. “You want to move ofďŹ cers around, as management. You want to see if they get similar complaints under the different leadership, different circumstances.â€? For Shane, the failure to react to repeated complaints about the same handful of police raised issues about the upper echelons of the department. “It calls their supervision into question,â€? he added. “It calls into question what ofďŹ cers are working on and who they’re working under.â€?
THE TACTICAL SQUAD During his tenure as captain in West Philadelphia’s 19th District, Bologna supervised four of the ofďŹ cers named by Internal Affairs, who together generated dozens of civilians complaints in a two-year window of time. Three of the four were assigned to elite tactical units in the district, which outsiders say had a troubled history of unwarranted stops and seizures. Yet Bologna says he has no recollection of misconduct by any of these ofďŹ cers – In fact, today he recalls some of these ofďŹ cers as amongst the best in the district. “My personal opinion about those ofďŹ cers is that they did a nice job handling complaints from the community,â€? he said, in a recent phone interview. A seasoned veteran of the department, Bologna is perhaps best known to the general public for his role in the so-called “Tainted Justiceâ€? corruption scandal, over a decade ago. Members of the narc unit were accused of stealing cash from cornerstores, and infamous video footage shows Bologna instructing his subordinates to disable a security camera for unclear reasons during a narcotics raid at a bodega. None were ever charged, although Bologna was later suspended by ofďŹ cials for failing to properly supervise an ofďŹ cer accused of conducting warrantless searches. In the wake of the scandal, he moved to the 19th District. A proponent of the controversial “broken windowsâ€? policing strategy, he ordered his new command to ramp up car and pedestrian stops over minor infractions in the West Philadelphia district.
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NEWS He said the approach was supported by many neighbors and helped uncover more serious crimes – although some criminologists today view these tactics as outmoded. “We stop individuals to investigate in reference to quality-of-life arrests and it turns out to be something different – like they have drugs on them, they have guns on them, they’re wanted,â€? Bologna explained to City Paper in 2014. “It’s just the lawlessness – they think they can get away with it.â€? Complaint data suggests no ofďŹ cers under his command were pressed harder to carry out these dictates than members of the district’s plain clothes tactical squads, which were given broad latitude to put pressure on neighborhood trouble spots. The units, known as “Tac-1â€? and “Tac-2,â€? patrolled the district in unmarked cars, making Bologna’s broken-windows policing style manifest. In one such unit, OfďŹ cers Ian Nance, Reuben Ondarza Jr. and Thomas D’Alesio would rack up a combined 25 civilian complaints yielding 37 departmental offenses in just a year and a half window, between 2014 and 2015. About half of those complaints detail abuse allegations against the trio with troublingly similar descriptions: thinly premised car, pedestrian and house searches that escalated into beatings, vandalism, threats or thefts. Several allege that members of the unit attempted to break into locked glove boxes during car stops, while others assert the 19th District ofďŹ cers had effectively conducted no-knock house raids, echoing allegations of improper search-and-seizures made during Bologna’s time in narcotics. D’Alesio alone drew ďŹ ve physical abuse complaints during that time. In court documents, he refers to the unit in court documents as the “Five Squadâ€? – a sometimes troubled nickname for specialized vice or narcotics units operating under close supervision of district captains – and recalls having nearly total purview over the West Philly neighborhood. “We have pretty much free rein over the entire district,â€? D’Alesio would say in later court proceedings, when asked to describe the unit. Some complainants had trouble distinguishing the undercover unit from common criminals. In one instance, a man said he ed from ofďŹ cers because he “thought he was about to be robbedâ€? – only to be beaten by Nance and other unit ofďŹ cers, fracturing his jaw, he said. In another, a woman said men “dressed in black with weapons drawnâ€? entered her home without identifying themselves “while she was doing her taxes.â€? Believing “a home invasion was taking place,â€? she attempted to shield her daughter from the mysterious invaders, a team of police that included Nance. One ofďŹ cer grabbed her by the hair, threw her down and ordered her into her basement. Both of those complaints were ruled un-
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sustained by Internal Affairs, but a separate incident involving Nance bears striking similarities. Another complainant said ofďŹ cers ordered him off the porch of his own home and, when he refused, they allegedly struck him in the chin and dragged him down the steps in handcuffs. The ofďŹ cers entered his residence without a warrant or his permission and, ďŹ nding nothing, released him. But Bologna defended the trio as “outstanding police ofďŹ cersâ€? merely assigned to tough street work. “On tactical, I would suspect they see more (complaints),â€? he said. “They worked wherever there were issues and complaints about gang members. The 19th had a number of historic gangs.â€? While the 19th District does rank fourth out of 25 police districts for reported crime, its ofďŹ cers generated far more civilian complaints than even higher-crime districts. Only Pownall’s old 15th district in lower Northeast Philadelphia, the largest geographically in the city, saw more civilian complaints. Bologna said the department did “a really nice job in reference to red-aggingâ€? problem ofďŹ cers and said that district captains ought to look for patterns of similar complaints to ďŹ nd problem cops. “Without a doubt, you look to see any parallels. You look for civilians saying the ofďŹ cer is saying the same thing over and over again,â€? he said. But, Bologna also said he couldn’t “put a numberâ€? on how many complaints an ofďŹ cer would need to garner in order to draw his attention. When briefed on the number of complaints lodged against ofďŹ cers in the 19th, he said it was the ďŹ rst he’d heard of any issues with his ofďŹ cers. He did note that criminal offenders sometimes ďŹ led frivolous complaints to frustrate police. “That’s a tactic that the bad guys use against the ofďŹ cers,â€? he said.
PRIORS AND PAYOUTS Notably, all three ofďŹ cers have also been successfully sued in court over similar misconduct either prior to or during their time in the 19th District. D’Alesio was taken to court in a wrongful death suit for fatally shooting a man named Efrem Carr after he allegedly ed a car stop in 2012. A subsequent police investigation was inconclusive, but Carr’s mother said he had been unarmed. The city eventually paid $95,000 to settle the suit in 2013. Nance was sued by a woman named Angelique Gerald-Porter in 2011 over an incident in which she said he punched her for ďŹ lming a police stop and, while prone on the ground, grabbed her hair and dragged her down her front steps and over her nearby 2-year-old child, crushing the toddler in the process. That case was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. Ondarza would eventually be taken to
court over a stop in which ofďŹ cers pulled over motorist Angel Seagraves “because her handicap placard was obstructing her view because it was hanging from the rearview mirror.â€? Seagraves alleged ofďŹ cers beat her, fractured her ankle, and forcibly searched her vehicle and family members. Police then charged her with a variety of offenses, all of which were thrown out of court for lack of evidence. Seagraves later sued the ofďŹ cers over the incident, including Ondarza. The city settled the suit last year for an undisclosed amount. Bologna said that as a commander, seeing the “same ofďŹ cer getting sued all the time, that’s a pattern.â€? But he also said that district captains were often left in the dark about pending litigation against their own unit. Sometimes, he said, if city lawyers decided to settle cases, even the ofďŹ cers themselves were unaware of the lawsuits involving them. “The city solicitor handles that. Unless they need something from me, I wouldn’t know about it,â€? Bologna said. “If they’re going to ďŹ ght it, they might want the ofďŹ cer to testify. But sometimes the ofďŹ cers don’t even knowâ€? they’re being sued.â€? Although he reiterated that he was unaware of issues with tactical units during his time in the district, Bologna defended his overall track record in the 19th. He said that he believed overall civilian complaints had declined during his tenure. “If I would see any type of pattern or type of things that could possibly cause detriment to the ofďŹ cer or command, I took immediate action,â€? he said. “The discipline could be sitting them down with their supervisor – to me, that's still discipline. You talk to them and say, ‘This is going to get you ďŹ red.’ You say, ‘We don’t treat people like that.’ It’s like ‘Scared Straight.’â€? By 2015, the pattern of apparent misconduct by these ofďŹ cers had been pieced together even by those well outside the department, like public defender Michael Mellon, who was assigned to handle criminal defense cases in the 19th District during the years the trio of ofďŹ cers and several others were part of the district’s tactical units. “We used to see these guys work together all the time. We saw that something was going on with these guys, but we couldn't ďŹ gure out exactly what it was because [the PPD] never gave us any additional information,â€? Mellon said. “Then, they stopped. We never ďŹ gured out why.â€? That year, the tactical unit ofďŹ cers were suddenly reassigned. Coincidentally, an IA investigation that year found Ondarza and six other ofďŹ cers had falsiďŹ ed information and ignored departmental guidelines in yet another car stop that had ended with ofďŹ cers allegedly jimmying open a locked glove box. Reached for comment, Ondarza said the complaint against him was sustained because he “turned in paperwork late.â€? But it’s unlikely that the reassignments were a reaction to years of alleged abuse.
Bologna said that he had “no memoryâ€? of the falsiďŹ cation incident. But he also said he could not immediately recall any instances in which he had ever re-assigned an ofďŹ cer in connection with a pattern of civilian complaints or other alleged misconduct. While some other members of the tactical squads were promoted or rotated into other districts, Ondarza and Nance stayed in the district. D’Alesio also remained in the 19th, where he has continued to rack up civilian complaints – two so far in 2018, one of them for physical abuse. In June 2017, Internal Affairs investigators sustained another complaint against D’Alesio in which he allegedly participated in the beating of a man who had been restrained and pushed up onto the trunk of his car by a group of ofďŹ cers, following another stop. A witness had apparently photographed the ofďŹ cers. Although investigators found the complaint to be credible, D’Alesio has yet to face disciplinary action for the beating, according to city records. He remains on patrol duty. Bologna would himself receive a merit promotion to a staff inspector position in 2017, where he still serves today, a 29-year department veteran.
A PATTERN OF ABUSE This pattern of behavior was also mirrored by another handful of ofďŹ cers across the city in the 14th Police District, situated in Northwest Philadelphia. OfďŹ cers Charles Klink Jr., David Dohan, Lucas Lesko and Brad Momme, who served together under Capt. John Hearn, were similarly charged with conducting high-volume car and pedestrian stops. Together, the four ofďŹ cers would garner 49 civilian complaints in ďŹ ve years under Hearn, whom sources described as an “old-schoolâ€? police captain, inclined to give his men a long leash in the district. Internal Affairs recorded 80 offenses stemming from those complaints. As in the 19th District, many of the complaints described searches or other minor encounters that escalated into police beatdowns, sometimes with multiple ofďŹ cers named in the same complaints. Momme and partner David O’Connor are listed in one complaint in which they accused a suspect of attempting to conceal narcotics by swallowing a baggie of drugs. When the man denied the accusations, one of the ofďŹ cers allegedly choked him out. Klink and Lesko were named in a pending investigation into an incident in which ofďŹ cers gave chase to a suspect who ed after being caught urinating in a back alley. The pair, along with two other ofďŹ cers, allegedly caught and beat the young man before dumping him at a hospital, the complaint said. Klink and Dohan were both named in another incident, proďŹ led in an earlier joint investigation, in which one ofďŹ cer was accused of pistol-whipping a man pulled over during a CONT. PG 16.
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Adams’ Detiina brand are homemade necklaces created by the women in Ghana she helps to provide better opportunities for.
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hen you see NaďŹ sa Adams, you may think she is one woman – but you would be wrong. She is 96. She is herself, 75 village women, 10 street girls and 15 school girls. That’s what you might miss at ďŹ rst glance of this empowering 32-year-old Ghanaian, who goes by NaďŹ for short, Adams is taking a “leap of faithâ€? in an unknown country. Your eyes may not register her as a runaway who escaped child marriage when she was just 15 to a man almost four times her senior.
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Or the ever-present weight of the women across the world who depend on her – but what your eyes do catch is her colorful jewelry. Adams is the owner of Detiina, a jewelry company that uses recycled materials and employs women from the village of Paga, who have no other means than basic survival. “The women said it's giving them hope, hope to put their children through school, to be able to have money to at least afford healthcare and better nutrition,� said Adams of her company which means “Our Hope,� in Kaseem, the language of Paga, which is 13 hours away from Ghana’s capital, Accra.
After seven years of fulďŹ lling orders for nonproďŹ ts, such as Eternal Threads, which supports underprivileged women through handicrafts, Adams stepped out on her own and launched Detiina in 2017. But she hit a wall. She had too much inventory. She had to tell the women to stop making the jewelry, each of which carries its own symbolic meaning, as she searched for markets to ow the business. Supplying her employees with chickens to sustain themselves ďŹ nancially, Adams set off to the United States for three months to go door-to-door to see if shops would carry her items. Fortunately, she secured funding for the 15 village girls she sends to school. “If as an educated woman, people are out there who genuinely want to help and make sure that help really goes to the people, what better way than me coming from there and me leaving them [our] story,â€? said Adams. “Even though I don't know what is out here, I have the chance to be here, to meet people and to let them know that these are the women, these are the girls, these are the kids.â€? Adams arrived in Philadelphia on May 25, on a ight provided for by the nonproďŹ t Pagus Africa, which promotes education for underprivileged girls and of which Adams acts as a local board member. Other nonproďŹ ts that had met the inspiring woman in Ghana also gave essential assistance for her stay in America – including a place to sleep and food to eat, something which Adams did not always have growing up. In 2000, at the age of 15, Adams’ father fell ill. Ill to what, she does not know. “He was sick,â€? she explained. “Generally, in the village you are just sick, and you are not able to get better healthcare.â€? Without parents, her mother had previously left for another West African country to ďŹ nd opportunity, Adams was raised by relatives. “In my country and in my hometown, it is very normal for kids to grow up with relatives, because parents are either in the city to search for greener pastures or travel elsewhere in search of work,â€? Adams described. Poverty-stricken, the family decided to give the 15-year-old girl to one of her father’s friends. He was 54 years old. “You know poverty can drive people to survival mode. And you are like, ‘you are a young girl, the best for you is that you get married, so we might as well give you to marry so we can take goats and chickens and invest that into helping take care of the family,’â€? Adams explained. “But it's not always that you get someone as strong-willed as me, even as a child I was strong willed. Most people would just end up like that.â€? Adams ran away and earned a scholarship to ďŹ nish high school, where she then went to the city. After scrimping and saving, Adams gained admission to the University of Ghana where she studied sociology. But even with her savings, she could not afford the $60 per
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Nafisa Adams traveled from her native country of Ghana to Philadelphia in search of a better opportunity. But less for her life, but the lives of close to 100 women back home she’s responsible for. semester tuition. With two options in front of her – defer or strategize – she picked the latter. Realizing she could sell the bracelets the other school girls always complimented, she took a loan of less than $10 from a friend and went to work. “I went to the market and bought all different kinds of beads and I spent the whole night stringing them. [In the morning when] I was going for lectures, I was just wearing these from here to here,â€? Adams said while gesturing all the way up both her arms. “I started selling them from lecture to lecture ‌ hall to hall then basically running all the streets of Accra when I didn't have lectures.â€? “My undergrad was a hustle to stay in school.â€? Adams did just that and hustled her way into a diploma and grew the jewelry business to give a better life to the women in her village, all of whom are subsistence farmers. “It's a polygamous community. The men marry many women and the women are then on their own with their children,â€? detailed Adams. “You just farm, and you take care of your children, that's all.â€? Determined, she taught the young girls how to make the necklaces and the older women the simple bracelets. As her business expanded, she acquired a warehouse in Accra to store the product and hired street girls to manage the place while she traveled the 13 hours by bus there and back. Over that time, she was selected to join Engineers Without Borders’ Kumvana Program and was a keynote speaker at its conference in Montreal, Canada, in 2015. She
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His rightful place Hundreds of Eagles fans flock to Canton to witness Birds legend Brian Dawkins bestowed NFL immortality BY MICHAEL GREGER
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states Lewis then exposed the man’s genitals and “threatened to break his jaw if he moved.â€? When the complainant asked the ofďŹ cer’s name, Lewis allegedly said it was “none of his business.â€? Internal Affairs did not ďŹ nd the allegations credible. Another complaint is striking less for its brutality than its bizarre speciďŹ city. A complainant claimed Lewis slapped a cheesesteak out of his hand during a 2009 altercation and, years later, recognized him on the street. The ofďŹ cer stopped his police vehicle and jokingly asked, “Aren't you the n**ga I slapped a cheesesteak out of your hand? We still talk about it until this day.â€? Lewis then reportedly taunted the complainant and blocked his path with his patrol vehicle in an attempt to provoke an altercation, the complaint stated. The complainant said he ignored the remarks and began walking away. The complaint states Lewis then slowly followed the man down the street, making taunting remarks. “I should get out of my car and punch you in the face,â€? Lewis said, according to the complaint. “I should slap the shit out of you ‌ I wish you would try something.â€? None of the complaints against Lewis were ever sustained. Bologna said Lewis had done “a nice jobâ€? in the district, but believed he had been taken off patrol duty due to an injury. Other ofďŹ cers topping the department’s complaint list include: UĂŠ "vwĂŠViÀÊ ÂœiĂŠ iÀÀiĂ€ÂœĂŠ À°]ĂŠ >ĂŠ ÂŤ>ĂŒĂ€ÂœÂ?“>Â˜ĂŠ ÂˆÂ˜ĂŠ eastern Center City’s 6th District, has received at least 12 complaints totalling 17 misconduct allegations since 2013. The ofďŹ cer’s record shows an uncanny volume of harassment allegations, three of which were made over the course of a year by the same complainant, a 35-year-old black male identiďŹ ed in records only as “RC.â€? That complainant charged Ferrero routinely threatened to plant narcotics on him and issued threats after he refused to be the ofďŹ cer’s conďŹ dential infor-
mant. A separate harassment complaint, ďŹ led by a 29-year-old black male in 2014, alleges Ferrero “constantly harasses him every time he sees him and is the source of all his arrests.â€? Not a single charge has been sustained. UĂŠ Â˜ĂŠ ÂœĂ€ĂŒÂ…ĂŠ *…ˆÂ?Â?ĂžÂ˝ĂƒĂŠ ĂŽxĂŒÂ…ĂŠ ÂˆĂƒĂŒĂ€ÂˆVĂŒ]ĂŠ "vwĂŠViĂ€ĂƒĂŠ Eric Ruch, Jr., and David Tamamato accrued 4 complaints together for allegedly unjustiďŹ ed car searches and roughing up suspects during arrests. Of the 14 offenses tied to those complaints, Internal Affairs sustained ďŹ ve of the least serious charges against the duo. UĂŠ,Ă•VÂ…ĂŠ À°Ê>˜`ĂŠ/>“>“>ĂŒÂœĂŠ>Â?ĂƒÂœĂŠĂ€>VÂŽi`ĂŠĂ•ÂŤĂŠ complaints on their own. According to one complaint, translated from Spanish, Ruch and other ofďŹ cers responded to a call from a 34-year-old Hispanic male who, along with a family member, had gotten into a scufe at a local bar. “The police laughed at them and threatened to call Immigration, (ICE), if they didn’t leave the bar; they said they were going to shoot and kill them one by one,â€? the complainant wrote. Investigators ruled the claims unfounded. UĂŠ Â˜ĂŠ -ÂœĂ•ĂŒÂ…Â‡ west Philadelphia’s 12th District, OfďŹ cer Marc Marchetti has garnered at least 16 complaints (21 alleged offenses) since 2013, which run the gamut from snide remarks to violent arrests. One of his complainants appeared to be a Facebook user, who claimed last year that “she noticed several ofďŹ cers posting inappropriate messages in reference to the District Attorney-elect [Larry Krasner], referring to him as a weasel and scumbag, etc...the ofďŹ cers also posted that they crank-called a law ďŹ rm associated with the DA to ‘congratulate’ them on the win.â€? That investigation remains ongoing.
ROAD TO REFORM A spokesperson for Philadelphia Police Public Affairs declined to facilitate interviews with the ofďŹ cers listed in this story. But Shane, from John Jay College, said it’s important to
keep in mind that policing a city the size of Philadelphia – which records tens of thousands of violent criminal complaints every year – is not easy. “You’re working in an environment that is fraught with uncertainty, ambiguity, discretion – and a constitutional provision that allows anyone to complain about anything you do,â€? he said. Those facts are also why so many police unions have fought to keep investigations into internal misconduct under the purview of other police ofďŹ cers. Internal Affairs’ complementary records of investigations into these complaints were not made public alongside the civilian components. Meanwhile, complaints generated within the department remain under lock and key, sequestered from public access under Pennsylvania’s Rightto-Know Law. Internal Affairs’ track record investigating internally generated allegations remains a mystery. Shane added the system of internal investigations creates conicting interests when it comes to actually punishing bad cops. “I think it's largely rooted in the culture of ‘I’ve walked in your shoes,’â€? he explained. “Internal Affairs wants to have a heart for ofďŹ cers who have a difďŹ cult job.â€? And the issue of naming ofďŹ cers associated with misconduct remains controversial, even while Philadelphia’s district attorneys have maintained “do not callâ€? lists for cops whose past behavior they fear could jeopardize a case by taking the stand under oath. But even advocates who see both sides say naming ofďŹ cers associated with repeated misconduct may be part of the path to reform. While the Police Advisory Commission maintains access to unredacted civilian complaints, Menos, the commission’s director, vacillates on the beneďŹ ts of publicizing the ofďŹ cer’s names – especially when those complaints offer only offer one side of the story. He recalls the incident when protesters showed up at Pownall’s family home last year in Northeast Philadelphia after the killing of David Jones. Menos said it was unacceptable, and worries that outing ofďŹ cers over complaints without any contextual information could result in similar outbursts. Despite his reservations about the tactic, he doesn’t completely rule it out, preferring to wait to see whether the department brass and FOP members can commit themselves to more serious disciplinary reforms. “Maybe this will have a good, chilling effect,â€? Menos said. “What I’d prefer is for conďŹ dence to be built in the current system, which says that they hold people accountable through due process and thorough investigations. But if that can’t happen ‌ other methods might be more effective.â€? Q TWITTER: @MAXMMARIN & @RW_BRIGGS
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Sip, sip on this... There’s still plenty of days left of summer, consider these delicious cocktails BY KERITH GABRIEL
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Gin n’ Juice | The Bar at Bluebird Distilling Bluebird Distilling, an award-winning local distillery that specializes in grain to glass craft spirits, including Four Grain Bourbon, Rye Whiskey, Juniperus Gin and Sugarcane Rum, boasts a roster of carefully curated cocktails. This summer, guests can beat the heat with Gin ’n’ Juice, the perfect warm weather libation, served with Juniperus Gin, lime, fresh English cucumber juice, and simple syrup. $12. Bluebird Distilling, 100 Bridge St., Phoenixville, PA | bluebirddistilling.com
The Whitehead Tart | City Tap House The Whitehead Tart — a refreshing take on the classic Hemingway Daiquiri featuring Bluebird Distilling Sugar Cane Rum. Named after Hemingway’s famous Key West residence, located at 907 Whitehead Drive, this cocktail boasts a raspberry twist on a classic. | $14. City Tap House, 3925 Walnut St. ucity.citytap.com 2 Logan Square logan. citytap.com/
Art of the City | Red Owl Tavern Kyle Darrow is the lead bartender at Red Owl. Darrrow, was the mastermind behind this stunning ombrÊ cocktail that was a grand prize winner at Visit Philadelphia’s With Love Cocktail Competition at Le MÊridien Philadelphia last summer. Created with black lime infused Bluebird Distilling Gin, lime, pastis, orgeat syrup, and egg whites,
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guests can enjoy Art of the City, at one of Red Owl Tavern’s al fresco tables anking Independence Mall. | $14. Red Owl Tavern, 433 Chestnut St. | redowltavern.com
Champagne Pops | The Twisted Tail The Champagne Pop, boasting fresh fruit popsicles, is a seasonally effervescent cocktail available through the warm weather months — until it gets cold and fresh fruit is no longer in season. The popsicle avors are ever changing, but previous avors include lime and mint, mixed berries, and watermelon. Guests should be sure to snap a picture before sipping as the Champagne Pop is sure to secure any imbiber major likes on social media. | $15. Twisted Tail, 509 S. 2nd St. thetwistedtail.com
Cucumber Gimlet | Ocean Prime Ocean Prime is known for its delicious seafood, steak, and carefully curated cocktails. Guests looking for a refreshing beverage on a hot day in Center City, should head to the stunning seafood and steakhouse for a Cucumber Gimlet, served with Bombay Sapphire Gin, muddled fresh cucumber, and hand-squeezed lime. | $13. Ocean Prime, 124 S. 15th St. ocean-prime.com/locationsmenus/philadelphia
Black Hole Sun | Jet Wine Bar Patrons still mourning the death of Grunge God and Soundgarden Leading Man, Chris Cornell, should head to Jet Wine Bar for Black Hole Sun, a piquant cocktail named after the band’s most recognizable single, served with Bacardi Rum, Roots Mastiha Liqueur, peach and lime. | $10. Jet Wine Bar, 1525 South St. jetwinebar.com
Gala Dali | Le Meridien Philadelphia Gala Dali was the wife and business manager of Salvador Dali. Le MÊridien Philadelphia’s recently rebranded concept, aMuse, is paying homage to the Surrealist artist’s muse with the Gala Dali cocktail, made with Bacardi premium aged rum, simple syrup, lime juice, mint and angostura bitters. Locals and tourists alike can pull up a seat at The Bar at aMuse and enjoy this refreshing, deconstructed mojito. | $15. Le Meridien Philadelphia, 1421 Arch St. amusephiladelphia.com TWITTER: @SPRTSWTR
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 MARKET
Night Market Kensington
The food trucks are heading into East Kensington for the next Night Market! Blow off steam after a long day of work and ďŹ ll up those tummies with the best mobilized eateries have to offer. Soak in the summer night with your Philly community and a ton of delicious food! | 6-10pm. Free admission. Kensington, Frankford Avenue and York Street. thefoodtrust.org/night-market
COMEDY
event will beneďŹ t the Friends of Schuylkill River Park. | 4-8pm. Free. Schuylkill River Dog Park, 300 S. 25th St. phillyfido.org
OUTDOOR FILM
Riverfront North Free Outdoor Movie ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’
Grab a blanket and watch the movie about a “galaxy far far away� under the stars! The night’s movie will also be paired with family-friendly activities. | 8:30-11:30pm. Free. Pennypack on the Delaware. facebook.com/ events/220609298676503/
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Philly Free Streets For the second year, the streets are empty at the annual Philly Free Streets event. “A people-powered initiative,â€? the roads will be closed for a day of play. Bring the whole family out for activities and bonding time with your loved ones and community. Kicking off the day will be a ribbing cutting and Mayor Jim Kenney’s annual power walk. The day will then be ďŹ lled with programs, including dancing, chalk art, scavenger hunts, ďŹ tness sessions, civic discussion and whole lot more! The perfect opportunity to get out, see the neighborhoods and take a stroll down a major street on foot or on your bike and not have to worry about getting sideswiped. Aug. 11. 8am-1pm. Free. North Broad Street, between City Hall and Erie Avenue. phillyfreestreets.com
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Come for a night of laughs with Melissa VillaseĂąor, a featured cast member on the 42nd season of “Saturday Night Live.â€? VillaseĂąor began impressions at the age of 12 and later made her television debut on “America’s Got Talent.â€? She does extensive voice-over acting on Fox’s “Family Guy,â€? Cartoon Network’s “Adventure Timeâ€? and Comedy Central’s “Triptank.â€? She also opened last year for Whitney Cummings on her national tour, and was featured on Broadway Video’s “Mas Mejor,â€? which distributes existing and new comedic content targeted to the Latino population as well as general audiences. | 8-9:15pm. $22.50-$32.50. Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St. punchlinephilly.com/EventDetail
COMEDY
Kevin Nealon
With his unique sense of humor, profoundly dry wit and likable demeanor, Kevin Nealon has established himself as one of the best comedians of his generation. He has gone to star in “Happy Gilmore,� “The Wedding Singer� and Showtime’s “Weeds.� | 8pm. $33-$41. Helium Comedy Club, 2031 Sansom St. philadelphia.heliumcomedy.com/ events/23771
DRINKS
Barks on Tap: Schuylkill River Park
Has work been “hounding� you? Yep, it’s another pet pun to highlight the season’s last Barks on Tap at Schuylkill River Park. Relax by the river with your pupper for a night of barking good fun. All proceeds from this
Movie Night: ‘Silver Linings Playbook’
Bring your own chair and watch Philly’s own Bradley Cooper run in a trash bag, learn how to dance and fall in love with Jennifer Lawrence, in her Oscar-winning role. After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his exwife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own. | 7-9pm. Free. The Schmidt’s Commons, 1001 N. 2nd St. facebook.com/ events/429903270845316/
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 OUTDOOR FILM
Movies in Clark Park
Why go to the theater or stay on the couch for a movie when you can watch a ick outdoors? Bring blanket or chair, and enjoy a ďŹ lm under the night’s sky. For four Fridays, Clark Park will feature a ďŹ lm for the public. Starting with “Back to the Future,â€? the lineup will also include “Coco,â€? “A Wrinkle in Timeâ€? and “Black Panther.â€? Food will be available for purchase, so you can snack while watching the featured ďŹ lm. | Aug. 10-31. 8pm. Free. Clark Park, 4300-4398 Baltimore Ave. universitycity.org/movies-clark-park
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mer’s most spectacular meteor shower. Learn all about the Perseids during this introduction to the night sky and astronomy. The event will have it all – telescopes, star maps and laser pointers to ďŹ nd constellations, planets and stars. And, of course, what night would be complete without a campďŹ re and s’mores? | 8-10pm. $10-$15. The Schuylkill Center for Environmental, 8480 Hagys Mill Road. schuylkillcenter.org/blog/event/shootingstars-smores-3/
MUSIC
311 & The Offspring: Never-Ending Summer Tour
“Don’t Stay Home,� and bring your “Beautiful Disaster� self to listen to 311 and The Offspring. Rock out to these jamming bands and hear 311’s latest album “Mosaic� live. | 7pm. $49.50. Festival Pier, Columbus Boulevard and Spring Garden Street. festivalpierphilly.com/
FOOD
Market to Table: Chef Tour and Dinner Featuring Kevin Sbraga
Learn how to shop for ingredients and prepare a meal like one of Philly’s best chefs! Kicking off this new monthly series is Chef Kevin Sbraga, known for his winning turn on Season 7 of Bravo’s hit “Top Chef� and as an inventive executive chef who has helmed some the Philadelphia area’s most exciting restaurants of the past 10 years. BYO favorite wine to pair with the menu.| 5-8pm. $100. Reading Terminal Market, 12th and Arch streets. readingterminalmarket.ticketleap. com/sbraga1/
SATURDAY, AUGUST 11
MARKET
Art Star Pop Up Market
Shop til you drop at this handmade pop up market. Pursue a dozen or so craft vendors and fresh local produce and plants too! Who knows what you just might ďŹ nd! | Noon. Free. Spruce Street Harbor Park, 301 S. Christopher Columbus Blvd. artstarcraftbazaar.com
MUSIC $15. Underground Arts, 1200 Callowhill St. ticketfly.com/purchase/event
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CAR SHOW
FOOD
Good Vibes with Jason Mraz and Brett Dennen The Ghostly Circus: Dante’s Inferno
Enter into the world of enchanting ďŹ re and aerial performances with the Ghostly Circus. In this theatrical presentation amid the tombs, artists will build their stage evoking and encompassing the spirit of Laurel Hill while drawing upon themes from Dante Alighieri’s epic poem, “The Inferno.â€? This unique, other-worldly show features contemporary circus arts with live music and a Dance-withthe-Dead After-Party. Drinks and food will be available for purchase. | Aug. 11-12. 7-10pm. $15-$40. Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Ave. thelaurelhillcemetery.org/events/ ghostly-circus
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Get those “Good Vibes� with the mellow and fan-fave Jason Mraz. So quit “spending way too long checking [your] tongue in the mirror,� and get on over for the live concert that will also showcase folk/pop singer Brett Dennen. | 8pm. Prices vary. The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave. manncenter.org
MUSIC
‘Pure Jerry: It’s High Time!’
“Pure Jerry� is just that: 100 percent Garcia music. Whether taken from his days with the good ol’ Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, Old and In The Way, Legion Of Mary or any incarnation of the Jerry Garcia Band, “Pure Jerry� focuses on the music written and performed by the iconic musician. | 8pm. $12-
17h Annual Car Show Making a Medley: Family Cooking from Haiqal’s Garden
Local farmers Hani White and Syarif Syaifulloh will work with fresh herbs and vegetables from their South Philly harvests. Together, participants will make gado gado, a delicious and nutrient-dense salad from Indonesia that features late summer crops. This family-friendly class welcomes children and their caregivers to the table for hands-on cooking and a read-aloud of Haiqal’s Garden, a bilingual book that celebrates a father-son relationship and a beautiful backyard garden with food grown to nourish the community. | 1-3pm. $5, pre-registration required. Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine St. eventbrite.com/e/making-a-medley
Vroom vroom! Jump in the driver’s seat, and come see some swanky cars. Enjoy giveaways and more. | 9am-3pm. Sat 9am. Cannstatter Volksfest Verein, 9130 Academy Road. facebook.com/ eve nt s / 3 6 9 9 3 4 4 6 6 8 3 3 9 0 7 / ? a c t i ve _ tab=discussion
SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 MUSIC
Gladys Knight & The O’Jays
You don’t have to take the “Midnight Train to Georgia� to see “Empress of Soul� because Gladys Knight is coming to Philly! Also performing is the American R&B group The O’Jays. This is a night of music icons, so “Baby Don’t Change Your Mind� on com-
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ing! | 8pm. Prices vary. The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 5201 Parkside Ave. manncenter.org/
COMEDY
The Good Good Hour Alyssa Al-Dookhi
Come for a night of local laughs. Once a month, Good Good Comedy Theatre brings a favorite Philadelphia comedian to do a full hour set for the ďŹ rst time ever. This month is the the hilarious Alyssa Al-Dookhi, with opener Fareeha Khan! | 8-9:30pm. $10. Good Good Comedy Theatre, 215 N. 11th St. goodgoodcomedy.com/goodgoodhour
CAUSES
Annual Dog Wash
Forget the car and bring the uffster for a wash! Your pooch will get washed and towel dried outside. All donations will support Society Hill Veterinary’s Milennia Fund, which helps pets in need of life-saving care. | 11am3pm. Donations vary. Society Hill Veterinary Hospital, 501 S. 2nd St. facebook.com/ events
| 11am-2pm. Free. Courtyard by Marriott Philadelphia City Avenue, 100 Presidential Blvd. jobfairx.com/job-fairs/philadelphia/326-20180813/candidate
SCIENCE
Science On Tap, Untapped Ruins Everything
Does the parallel universe theory really explain the Upside Down on “Stranger Thingsâ€?? Is Tyrannosaurus vision really based on movement like in “Jurassic Parkâ€?? Representations of science in pop culture are often way more ďŹ ction than fact. With so many white lab coats, daring anthropologists, and crime-solving teams, it can be hard to sort out what’s real and what’s just for entertainment. But don’t worry! Science on Tap is here to set the record straight with a fun night paying homage to our favorite portrayals of science on screen. Cosplay encouraged! Show up as your favorite TV or ďŹ lm character doing science and get a chance to win awesome prizes. | 6-8pm. Penn Museum, 3260 South St. eventbrite.com/e/science-on-tap-untapped
HEALTH
THEATER
MUSIC
Theatre in the X presents ‘The Wiz’
Join Harlem schoolteacher Dorothy and her dog, Toto, get whisked away from a storm to the urban fantasy land of Oz. Theatre in the X provides the people of West Philadelphia and the African American community at large the opportunity to see professional quality theater in their own neighborhood for no cost. | 5pm. Free. Malcolm X Park, 5150 Pine St. facebook.com/events/304695900072672/
FOOD
Chestnut Hill Restaurant Week
Calling all foodies, get your tummies on the ready for the best dinner meals from Chestnut Hill at a great price. Try the many cuisines Chestnut Hill has to offer, including global cuisine, comfort food, BYOB and more. | Aug. 12-13. Prices, times and locations vary. chestnuthillpa.com/restaurant-week-chestnut-hill/
MONDAY, AUGUST 13 CAREER
Philadelphia Job Fair
Tired of pounding the pavement? Get in contact with 300-plus jobs in one place. Get a live interview with AT&T, Independence Blue Cross, SmartWatt, Starbucks, Amazon, Nestle, Wells Fargo, Target, Dignity Memorial, llied Barton Security Services, Maverick Enterprises Inc, T-Mobile and many more!
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Seu Jorge
“Oh! You Pretty Things,� turn up this Tuesday with Seu Jorge. Seu Jorge is a Brazilian musician, singer/songwriter and actor. Raised in the city of Belford Roxo, near Rio de Janeiro, Seu Jorge is coming to Philly for your listening pleasure. | 8pm. $35. TLA, 334 South St. venue. tlaphilly.com/EventDetail
Guided Meditation on Nature
Come beat the Monday Blues with a dose of nature and mindfulness! Sit and open your awareness to the surrounding environment. The one-hour meditation and discussion will be guided by quotes and teachings. Dressing comfortably is recommended. Beginners welcome! | 7-8pm. Free. John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge At Tinicum, 8601 Lindbergh Blvd. facebook.com/ events/939732492865959/
POETRY
PBQ
Start snapping your ďŹ ngers for a night of poetry. Get into that local rhythm of accomplished writers Amber Renee, John Wall Barger, Jonathan Todd and Cris Iacoponi. | 7:30-9:30pm. Free. Black Sheep Pub & Restaurant, 247 S. 17th St. facebook.com/ events/1896624950629986/
MUSIC
Summer Concert Series | Phil Goldenberg
Make the most out of your Monday with live music. Phil Goldenberg is an award-
winning classical guitarist, is noted for his skill and range. He will be playing virtuosic classical guitar music from around the world, including pieces from Germany, Venezuela, India, America, Brazil, Italy and Paraguay. | 6:30-7:30pm. Free. Philadelphia City Institute Free Library, 1905 Locust St. facebook.com/ events/1817395201661739/
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 SCIENCE
Night Skies in the Observatory
For an evening of “out of this world� astronomy activities, come to the monthly stargazing event connecting you to celestial objects in the night sky. See stars, planets and nebulae using telescopes in Bloom Observatory and at Ben’s Starlight Lounge, which features a cash bar. Enjoy planetarium shows, a live science talk on astronomy or space science, hands-on astronomy activities and continuous telescopic observing all evening (weather permitting). The program is staffed with knowledgeable observers and free star maps are provided. | 5-10pm. $5-$10. Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th St. fi.edu/event/2018-08-14/nightskies-observatory
CAUSES
Storm Drain Marking
Across our city, there are approximately 75,000 inlets collecting stormwater. As rainwater and melting snow wash over our gardens, sidewalks and streets, it picks up pollutants and trash that ends up in these drains. Many Philadelphians don’t realize that what goes down our storm drains eventually makes its way into our creeks before draining into the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, the source of our drinking water! Learn about marking storm drains, an important role in protecting our waterways and letting your friends and neighbors know that only rain belongs down the drain. | 6:30-8pm. Free. Towey Playground, 1832 N. Howard St. facebook.com/ events/1824543110917926/
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World’s Fair of Money
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