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PhillyAccount OP t1_j5ta324 wrote

>The city has suspended a $392,000 antiviolence grant to a youth boxing program founded by a Philadelphia police captain who was removed from his post in October after an Inquirer investigation exposed his chronic absenteeism.
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>The grant for the Guns Down Gloves Up program, awarded in December 2021 to Epiphany Fellowship Church and Villanova University, is the subject of at least two investigations, a city spokesperson confirmed.
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>Former 22nd District Capt. Nashid Akil had freely described the program as his own — even though city employees are not eligible for city grants.
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>Nearly $76,000 went to Akil and nine other Philadelphia Police Department staffers, according to financial records obtained by The Inquirer. The grant application had specified Akil would not be paid.

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Lunamothknits t1_j5tvxgu wrote

Wow. I didn't think Akil was going to be in the news again so soon but damn.

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jokersflame t1_j5uhcdj wrote

Now how many police officers will be fired over this?

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BrockManstrong t1_j5uqtnb wrote

Well it says Akil was removed, but it doesn't say "fired", so probably none.

Philly Police raking in that taxpayer money not doing shit. Trying to blame rising crime on any nearby progressives.

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[deleted] t1_j5tfbor wrote

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nikc4 t1_j5ti7pr wrote

Are we bootlicking or are we gonna back up that statement

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LFKhael t1_j5tjs1t wrote

Even the byline subheading is:

> The Guns Down Gloves Up program was among 31 grantees awarded $13.5 million by the city. It is now the target of a police Internal Affairs investigation, and a probe by the city Inspector General.

We're getting astroturfed.

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PhillyAccount OP t1_j5twbng wrote

The submission title auto-populates with the information in the social metadata of the article, which in this case is the same as the title. Not everything that rubs you the wrong way is part of some vast right-wing conspiracy.

And yes, I am clearly astroturfing . I actually live in Macedonia.

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apathetic_panda t1_j5u6hz3 wrote

I've been looking for a new olive connect, WYD?

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CallMeMattF t1_j5vfv7m wrote

My man you get that EVOO and you lmk

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apathetic_panda t1_j5y9wlq wrote

I don't chalk out my hustles on reddit.

I gotta see 👀 the seller, the vines, & the invoice.

My accountant might tap you on the ankle. He doesn't... see.

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TakeItToTheMax t1_j5trqqk wrote

just fyi the byline is the line naming the author

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LFKhael t1_j5tskkl wrote

TIL.

And it's even in the "word" itself. Derp.

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TakeItToTheMax t1_j5txmbk wrote

haha all good. byline is the author, the dateline is where and when the article was published, photo captions are cutlines. just a little in service on news terminology lol

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Marrukaduke t1_j5uxppr wrote

Still not seeing how OP "misrepresented" the article. The points OP highlighted, that money was inappropriately funneled to the Chief and others, and that the whole program is under investigation as a result, is not mutually exclusive from the fact that the program helps people.

The program helping people is pretty irrelevant to the Chief putting money in his pocket from the program when it was explicitly stated he wouldn't get paid.

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