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Francis Lazarro Rizzo (October 23, 1920 – July 16, 1991) was an American police officer and politician. He served as commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) from 1967 to 1971 and mayor of Philadelphia from 1972 to 1980.
Oct 22, 2015 · Say the name Frank Rizzo at any old-school dive bar in Philadelphia and you’re liable to start a conversation. The former mayor and police commissioner who reigned through most of the 70s might...
Jun 3, 2020 · A statue of controversial former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo was vandalized during protests over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. The city of Philadelphia took down the statue Wednesday.
Jul 17, 1991 · Frank Rizzo dropped out of high school and served in the pre-war Navy for a year until incipient diabetes forced him to accept a medical discharge.
Jan 25, 2019 · In Philadelphia, Frank Rizzo’s “law and order” tenure as police commissioner provoked a renewed, even more militant response to police brutality among young African American activists, including the rise of the Black Panther Party in Philadelphia.
Aug 21, 2017 · The moments that made Frank Rizzo Philly-famous. A primer on the life and career of the "Cop Who Would Be King" of Philadelphia, including his famous "crumb bum" video, the nightstick-in-the-cummerbund and his multiple attempts to regain the mayor's office.
Jun 3, 2020 · PHILADELPHIA — The city of Philadelphia took a step to heal a notable scar from its past early Wednesday morning by quietly removing the statue of the former mayor Frank Rizzo, who took a...
May 5, 2019 · On May 16, 1967, newly elected Mayor Tate announced Frank Rizzo as his new Police Commissioner. Rizzo changed from Republican (and the old Ed Vare Republican party where Italians had been) to Democrat as part of the deal.
Jun 19, 2013 · Rizzo won election to the mayor’s office in 1971 and re-election in 1975, but found his second term marred by a powerful recall effort, an embarrassing episode in which he failed a lie-detector test for the Daily News about a political deal, and voters rejecting a City Charter change he sought so he could run for a third term.
Jun 15, 2020 · People protesting the killing of George Floyd swarmed around the statue of former Philadelphia mayor and police commissioner Frank Rizzo, covered it in graffiti and tried to pull it down.
