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Frank Rizzo leaves a legacy of unchecked police brutality and division in Philadelphia

As Philadelphia police commissioner and mayor, Rizzo oversaw a police force that became notorious nationwide for its violence.

Tuxedo-clad Mayor Frank L. Rizzo with nightstick arriving to the scene of a disturbance in a low-income housing project in 1969.
Tuxedo-clad Mayor Frank L. Rizzo with nightstick arriving to the scene of a disturbance in a low-income housing project in 1969.Read moreFile Photograph