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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.
22 de out. de 2015 · Frank Rizzo was a tough-talking, hard-fisted police commissioner and mayor who ruled Philadelphia in the 70s with a heavy hand. He clashed with civil rights activists, Black Panthers, and the media, and left a legacy of brutality and racism that still haunts the city.
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17 de jul. de 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.
4 de jun. de 2020 · 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. Read more File Photograph.
Frank Rizzo, former Philadelphia police commissioner and two-time city mayor, is remembered in a special PCN production.
19 de jun. de 2013 · A video history of Philadelphia features a segment on Frank Rizzo, the controversial police commissioner and mayor who divided the city with his tough-talking style. Watch the clip and learn more about Rizzo's rise and fall, his supporters and critics, and his impact on the city.
17 de jul. de 1991 · Former Mayor Frank L. Rizzo collapsed and died of a heart attack today just months after staging a comeback with an upset victory in the Republican mayoral primary.
