Full Hour | Today, Dom Giordano led off the Dom Giordano Program by telling of a report from KYW News reporter Kristen Johanson of an arrest of a 17-year old individual who was sitting outside the 13th street Criminal Justice Center in a stolen car, smoking weed, with a hand gun in his lap. Then, Giordano offers an update on the Pennsylvania Senate race between Dr. Mehmet Oz and Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, with Dom telling about a fundraising event held by Fetterman, which was his first public appearance since suffering a stroke. Then, Giordano gives an update on the Coronavirus diagnosis of President Joe Biden, playing back a clip of Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre arguing that the origin of the President’s infection is irrelevant, after pushing for years for heightened contact tracing.
Then, Benjamin Mannes, a local criminal justice expert and columnist, joins the Dom Giordano Program after an exclusive report in Broad in Liberty in which he exposed that the Philadelphia Police Department is slated to lose their state accreditation in less than a week. First, Giordano asks Mannes why, with Mannes explaining the relationship between the decision and the refusal by Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw to push back on an unconstitutional edict set forth by Philadelphia City Council that would restrict police officers’ abilities in making traffic stops. Then, Mannes explains what this means for the city, telling that this hurts both the City and the department by removing protections that the department has in defending itself against civil litigation. Also, Mannes and Giordano discuss the news story as reported earlier by Johanson of a 17-year-old outside the Criminal Justice Center, telling how this directly relates to the edict in question. (Photo by Getty Images)