<p>Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross vowed to fire some of his officers involved in a scandal over offensive Facebook posts — but whether those firings stick isn’t up to him. Max Marin, a reporter for WHYY’s Billy Penn, explains why <a href="https://billypenn.com/2019/07/02/philadelphia-will-fire-some-facebook-cops-heres-why-theyll-get-their-jobs-back/">there’s a good chance</a> those cops will get their jobs back.</p>

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross vowed to fire some of his officers involved in a scandal over offensive Facebook posts — but whether those firings stick isn’t up to him. Max Marin, a reporter for WHYY’s Billy Penn, explains why there’s a good chance those cops will get their jobs back.

<p>Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross vowed to fire some of his officers involved in a scandal over offensive Facebook posts — but whether those firings stick isn’t up to him. Max Marin, a reporter for WHYY’s Billy Penn, explains why <a href="https://billypenn.com/2019/07/02/philadelphia-will-fire-some-facebook-cops-heres-why-theyll-get-their-jobs-back/" rel="noopener noreferrer">there’s a good chance</a> those cops will get their jobs back.</p>

Why it’s hard to permanently fire a Philly cop

There’s more to every story, if you take the time to tell it. Get to the “why” behind the issues that matter in the Greater Philadelphia region with hosts Annette John-Hall and Shai Ben-Yaacov. Each episode, they’ll pluck one local story from your feed and break it down.

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