$14 million

The amount that Philadelphia will spend to equip and train its police officers with stun guns before requiring officers to wear them while on duty. The announcement came on the anniversary of the fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr., a Black man who was having a mental health episode while holding a knife. Wallace Jr. was shot by two officers 14 times.

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(Associated Press — October 27, 2021)
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