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Community, police come together for National Night Out events across Philadelphia
ABC7 New York and WUSA9 (Tegna, Washington DC) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedNational Night Out is an annual event aimed at strengthening relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve.
The headline splitWPVI / 6abc Philadelphia frames it as "Community, police come together for National Night Out events across Philadelphia". WGAL8 (Hearst, Lancaster) frames it as "Communities come together across the Susquehanna Valley for National Night Out".
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CenterCommunity, police come together for National Night Out events across Philadelphia
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