- May 19: Four Philadelphia Police Officers are fired and four others disciplined over the May 5 videotaped beating of three suspects. (Reuters)
- May 7: Temple University Woman's basketball coach, Dawn Staley, leaves Temple to coach at the University of South Carolina. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- May 6: Six Philadelphia Police Officers are taken off street duty while the city investigates a video taken by WTXF-TV which shows around a dozen officers beating three men. The city says more officers will be removed when identified. (CNN)
- May 3: Philadelphia Police Sergeant Steven Liczbinski is shot and killed responding to a bank robbery. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
