Phila.’s Civil Payments From Police Abuse Have Been on the Rise. That’s Likely to Accelerate

Thousands march in Washington, D.C., protesting police brutality and the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota at the hands of local police, on June 6, 2020. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

Over the past month, front pages of newspapers across the country have been splashed with dramatic pictures of police clashing with protesters, and on social media there seems to be an endless feed of graphic videos depicting violent…