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Paul Davis’s Crime Beat column appears here weekly. He is also a frequent contributor to Broad + Liberty and Counterterrorism magazine. He can be reached at pauldavisoncrime.com.

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Davis: The thorn in Krasner's side — my interview with Ralph Cipriano

Ralph Cipriano is a veteran muckraking reporter who has exposed corruption in city and county governments

FBI and Philadelphia Police take down a violent drug trafficking gang in Kensington

“This indictment is the largest federal case of this century prosecuted by our office and it attacks the very heart …

Teens, terror, and social media

Abdul-Rahman, the son of a prominent Philadelphia attorney, was only seventeen when he was arrested in 2023.

Confronting Krasner: My Q&A with 22-year-old activist Frank Scales

I reached out to Frank Scales and asked him about his opposition to Krasner and his confrontations with the Philly …

The Murder of a South Philly Barber

The Philadelphia Police recently announced that charges were upgraded to murder in the beating death of a 78-year-old South Philadelphia …

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