A town hall will be held Monday, May 15 to discuss the 2015 shooting of Philippe Holland and the recent redeployment of the officers involved.
Philippe Holland
Cedar Park Neighbors, Cobbs Creek Neighbors, Garden Court Community Association, and Walnut Hill Community Association are the organizations behind the important community event. The groups have urged local law enforcement to fire Mitchell Farrell and Kevin Hanvey, but the officers have only been transferred to different city districts.
The town hall will be held at the Chapel at Calvary Community Center (48th Street and Baltimore Avenue) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
“This meeting will reiterate our concern about these officers still patrolling the streets currently in neighborhoods of South and Northeast Philadelphia, understanding the process for investigating/potentially prosecuting these incidents, and the mechanisms the Police District has to improve communication to the community,” reads a statement from Cedar Park Neighbors.
Holland was shot several times by Farrell and Hanvey, while delivering food in the Cedar Park neighborhood on the evening of April 22, 2014. Holland survived and the case resulted in a $4.4 million settlement, the largest in the city’s history for a police shooting.
The civic organizations have invited Deputy Police Commissioner Robin Wimberly, 18th District Captain Gregory Riley, and 18th District Community Relations Mike Davis to join the community meeting.
RSVP to the meeting here on Facebook.
– Danielle Corcione
May 14th, 2017 at 1:15 pm
A discussion or demand to fire two cops? Look, it went south. The victim ran alledgely thinking he was getting robbed. The community groups want their pound of flesh. They do not represent all residents.
May 16th, 2017 at 12:57 pm
“The victim ran” is in no way shape or form justification for shooting him. This isn’t about a “pound of flesh”, it’s about making sure that the people who protect and serve the community do so without violating department regulations and endangering the lives of the members of the community.
May 16th, 2017 at 11:42 pm
I wanted to attend this meeting but couldn’t get there. Where is the account of what happened?
May 24th, 2017 at 11:00 am
You can find a post of an update from the meeting on Cedar Park Neighbors’ website. I am having trouble sharing the direct link and getting the comment section spam filter.