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‚Erzahlen‘ ist fur unsere Welterschliesung nahezu unverzichtbar. Narrationen verleihen dem Struktur, was vorher ungeordnet war: Sie erfassen vorgefundenes oder vorgegebenes Geschehen und Wissen, fugen es in logische Ordnungs- und Handlungszusammenhange und machen so die Welt greif- und darstellbar. Als zentrale Kulturtechnik steht das Erzahlen dabei, das zeigen direkte begriffliche Relationen der Ausdrucke ‚Zahlen‘ und ‚Erzahlen‘ im Deutschen, Englischen und Niederlandischen, aber auch im Franzosischen, Italienischen und Spanischen, in engem Zusammenhang mit numerischem Wissen und dem Akt des Zahlens.

FILE - Protesters call for police accountability in the death of 8-year-old Fanta Bility, who was shot outside a football game, at the Delaware County Courthouse in Media, Pa., on Jan. 13, 2022. Three former police officers, who had been charged in the killing of the 8-year-old girl after they opened fire in the direction of a crowd leaving a high school football game in a suburban Philadelphia town, pleaded guilty Thursday, Nov. 10, to 10 counts each of reckless endangerment. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) FILE - In this photo provided by the Delaware County, Pa., District Attorney's Office on Jan. 18, 2022, Sharon Hill Police Officers Brian Devaney, left, Sean Dolan and Devon Smith are shown. The three former police officers, who had been charged in the killing of an 8-year-old girl after they opened fire in the direction of a crowd leaving a high school football game in a suburban Philadelphia town, pleaded guilty Thursday, Nov. 10, to 10 counts each of reckless endangerment. (Delaware County District Attorney's Office vis AP, File) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE - This combination of images provided by the Memphis Police Department shows, from top row from left, officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, bottom row from left, Desmond Mills, Jr. and Justin Smith. Documents released Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, provided a scathing account of what authorities called the œblatantly unprofessional conduct of these five officers involved in the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop last month ” including new revelations about how Haley took and shared pictures of the bloodied victim. The five officers have all been fired and charged with second-degree murder. (Memphis Police Department via AP, File) It was a stunning revelation: One of the officers involved in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols took a cellphone photo of the bloodied and handcuffed man and shared it with five other people. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE - In this image from video released and partially redacted by the City of Memphis, Tyre Nichols lies on the ground during a brutal attack by Memphis police officers on Jan. 7, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. The beating and death of Nichols by members of a plainclothes anti-crime task force has renewed scrutiny on the squads often involved in a disproportionate number of use of force incidents and civilian complaints. (City of Memphis via AP, File) FILE - In this image from video released by the City of Memphis, Tyre Nichols leans against a car after a brutal attack by Memphis police officers on Jan. 7, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. The beating and death of Nichols by members of a plainclothes anti-crime task force has renewed scrutiny on the squads often involved in a disproportionate number of use of force incidents and civilian complaints. (City of Memphis via AP, File) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE - Demonstrators hold signs while participating in the Justice for Fanta Bility silent march, in Sharon Hill, Pa., Oct. 17, 2021. An investigative report looking at Sharon Hill Borough's police policies and procedures in the wake of a police shooting that killed 8-year-old Fanta Bility last year was released late Friday, July 29, 2022, but the report was largely redacted, with any findings and recommendations obscured from public view. (Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File) FILE - In this photo provided by the Delaware County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, Sharon Hill Police officers Brian Devaney, left, Sean Dolan and Devon Smith are shown. The three police officers have been charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment after firing their weapons into a crowd of people exiting a high school football game outside of Philadelphia, killing 8-year-old Fanta Bility and injuring three people. An investigative report looking at Sharon Hill Borough's police policies and procedures in the wake of the shooting was released late Friday, July 29, 2022, but the report was largely redacted, with any findings and recommendations obscured from public view. (Delaware County District Attorney's Office vis AP, File) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When an Ohio father learned that his 11-year-old daughter had been manipulated into sending explicit photos to an adult, he turned to the police for help.But instead of treating the girl as a crime victim, an officer seemingly threatened to charge her under a law most people view as designed to protect child victims. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A car with dark tinted windows circles the block a few times before swerving onto the sidewalk. A handful of armed plainclothes police officers jump out and order everyone out of a double-parked car so they can search it, striking terror in the seconds before red and blue lights flash or an officer yells œpolice.A similar scene plays out in dozens of cities across the country every day. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The cold formality of the letter is seared in Debra Long’s memory.It began “Dear Claimant,” and said her 24-year-old son, Randy, who was fatally shot in April 2006, was not an “innocent” victim. Without further explanation, the New York state agency that assists violent-crime victims and their families refused to help pay for his funeral. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ” Philadelphia prosecutors asked a judge on Monday to hold a Virginia man in contempt of court over video that shows him meeting with top leaders of two-far right extremist groups in Washington D.C. the day before the Jan. 6 riot.The request from Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner in the case against 43-year-old Joshua Macias comes after the House committee investigating the insurrection put a spotlight on the Jan. 5 underground garage meeting between the leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, who have been charged with seditious conspiracy in the Capitol attack. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ” The unabashedly liberal city of San Francisco became the unlikely proponent of weaponized police robots last week after supervisors approved limited use of the remote-controlled devices, addressing head-on an evolving technology that has become more widely available even if it is rarely deployed to confront suspects. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 last Tuesday to permit police to use robots armed with explosives in extreme situations where lives are at stake and no other alternative is available. The authorization comes as police departments across the U.S. face increasing scrutiny for the use of militarized equipment and force amid a yearslong reckoning on criminal justice. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ” Philadelphia voters who had missing or incorrect dates on their mail-in ballots were being allowed to file replacement ballots at City Hall or vote provisionally at their regular precincts Tuesday. Hundreds of people whose names were published Friday by the Philadelphia City Commissioners, which is the city's election board, showed up at City Hall on Monday to correct errors with dates as well as other flagged issues, including missing security envelopes and missing signatures. A handful of county elections boards made efforts to notify voters that they could fix ballot issues. Their outreach came in response to a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that mail-in ballots may not be counted if they lack accurate handwritten dates on the exterior envelopes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A day before killing four people in a mass shooting in Philadelphia last week, authorities say the gunman went to his first victim’s door wearing a dark mask, shot through it and yelled that he was law enforcement before entering the home and continuing to shoot, police officials said at a news conference Monday.The details were revealed a day after police announced that it was likely Joseph Wamah Jr., 31, had been killed in the early hours of July 2, and not during the larger July 3 attack, as police had initially thought, and that a 911 call reporting the gunshots had been misrouted to the wrong neighborhood. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

As flames tore through a West Maui neighborhood, car after car of fleeing residents headed for the only paved road out of town in a desperate race for safety.And car after car was turned back toward the rapidly spreading wildfire by a barricade blocking access to Highway 30. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Audio of 911 calls from a deadly August wildfire released late Thursday by Maui County authorities reveals a terrifying and chaotic scene as the inferno swept through the historic town of Lahaina and people desperately tried to escape burning homes and flames licking at cars in gridlocked traffic.The 911 calls were released to The Associated Press in response to a public record request. They cover a period from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 8 as the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, whipped by powerful winds from a passing hurricane, bore down on the town. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ” Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed an executive order Tuesday banning guns and deadly weapons from the city's indoor and outdoor recreation spaces including parks, basketball courts and pools. The order is the latest attempt by Philadelphia officials to regulate guns inside city limits, something made difficult by Pennsylvania's preemption law that bars municipalities from enacting or enforcing their own stricter gun regulations. Attorneys for the city said the executive order is the city managing its facilities as a property owner, making it different than previous legislation passed by city council and struck down in court. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 40-year-old accused of killing a man in a house and then gunning down four others in Philadelphia before surrendering to police was arraigned on murder and other charges Wednesday.Kimbrady Carriker was arraigned on five counts of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and weapons counts of possession without a license and carrying firearms in public, prosecutors said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ” Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed an executive order Tuesday banning guns and deadly weapons from the city's indoor and outdoor recreation spaces including parks, basketball courts and pools. The order is the latest attempt by Philadelphia officials to regulate guns inside city limits, something made difficult by Pennsylvania's preemption law that bars municipalities from enacting or enforcing their own stricter gun regulations. Attorneys for the city said the executive order is the city managing its facilities as a property owner, making it different than previous legislation passed by city council and struck down in court. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A Pennsylvania man has been charged with abuse of a corpse, receiving stolen property and other charges after police say he allegedly tried to buy stolen human remains from an Arkansas woman for possible resale on Facebook. A spokeswoman for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock confirmed that the remains had been donated to UAMS™s facility and were sent to a mortuary for cremation. UAMS spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said the remains were sent to Arkansas Central Mortuary Services in Little Rock where they were allegedly stolen by a female mortuary employee and sold, adding that there is an open federal investigation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ” Philadelphia voters who had missing or incorrect dates on their mail-in ballots were being allowed to file replacement ballots at City Hall or vote provisionally at their regular precincts Tuesday. Hundreds of people whose names were published Friday by the Philadelphia City Commissioners, which is the city's election board, showed up at City Hall on Monday to correct errors with dates as well as other flagged issues, including missing security envelopes and missing signatures. A handful of county elections boards made efforts to notify voters that they could fix ballot issues. Their outreach came in response to a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that mail-in ballots may not be counted if they lack accurate handwritten dates on the exterior envelopes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Pedestrians cross 10th Street in the Chinatown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Friday, July 22, 2022. Organizers and members of Philadelphia's Chinatown say they were surprised by the 76ers' announcement that they hope to build a $1.3 billion arena just a block from the community™s gateway arch. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Philadelphia Councilmember Helen Gym poses for a photograph in the Chinatown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Friday, July 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ” An unarmed Black man dies after a videotaped beating by police. The officers involved are fired. After a thorough review of the evidence, criminal charges are swiftly filed against the offending officers.Investigation, accountability and charges. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A police killing caught on video. Protests and rioting fueled by long-simmering tensions over law enforcement treatment of minorities. Demands for accountability.The events in France following the death of a 17-year-old shot by police in a Paris suburb are drawing parallels to the racial reckoning in the U.S. spurred by the killings of George Floyd and other people of color at the hands of law enforcement. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ” Just one more step and the stroller would have been on the curb.The thought haunts Latanya Byrd years after a driver racing down Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia struck and killed her 27-year-old niece, Samara Banks, and three of Banks™ young sons as they crossed the 12-lane road. Nine years later, many of the conditions that led to the fatal crash still exist. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Philadelphia skyline, top, is seen at a distance as vehicular traffic flows along Roosevelt Boulevard at the intersection with Whitaker Avenue, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Philadelphia. Roosevelt Boulevard is an almost 14-mile maze of chaotic traffic patterns that passes through some of the city's most diverse neighborhoods and Census tracts with the highest poverty rates. Driving can be dangerous with cars traversing between inner and outer lanes, but biking or walking on the boulevard can be even worse with some pedestrian crossings longer than a football field and taking four light cycles to cross. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) A pedestrian waits to cross Roosevelt Boulevard, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Roosevelt Boulevard is an almost 14-mile maze of chaotic traffic patterns that passes through some of the city's most diverse neighborhoods and Census tracts with the highest poverty rates. Driving can be dangerous with cars traversing between inner and outer lanes, but biking or walking on the boulevard can be even worse with some pedestrian crossings longer than a football field and taking four light cycles to cross. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]