Illegal Police Stops Down In Philadelphia, But Critics Say Problems Persist

A new report out this week shows that of 140,000 pedestrians questioned by police in Philadelphia last year, one-quarter were stopped illegally. For the past six years, a court-appointed monitor has been overseeing changes to the city’s police department after the ACLU of Pennsylvania found widespread abuse in the way Philadelphia officers interacted with civilians.

Bobby Allyn (@BobbyAllyn) of Here & Now contributor WHYY reports on relations between police and civilians in the city.