Supporters Of Jordan Miles March Downtown
WPXI—They gathered at Freedom Corner in the Hill District calling for changes. A newly formed group called the Alliance for Police Accountability wants justice for Jordan Miles. The CAPA school student...
View ArticleMarchers protest city police actions
Timothy McNulty, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—In a peaceful but vocal march from the Hill District to Downtown this afternoon, some 200 protesters called for prosecutions of city police involved in the...
View ArticleTeen at center of police probe considers law enforcement career
Timothy McNulty, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—Five months ago, Homewood honors student Jordan Miles was arrested by plainclothes officers who he says beat him. Today, while still recovering from his wounds,...
View ArticleCharges against Pittsburgh policemen urged during march
Tom Fontaine, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—Nearly 100 people marched Saturday afternoon from the Lower Hill District to Downtown to demand that three city police officers be charged for allegedly beating...
View ArticlePolice conduct doesn’t add up in rankings
Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—In recent weeks, Pittsburgh was designated the nation’s most livable city again. That honor was quickly followed by a new survey listing Pittsburgh as the...
View ArticlePittsburgh Post-Gazette: Police conduct doesn’t add up in rankings
Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—In recent weeks, Pittsburgh was designated the nation’s most livable city again. That honor was quickly followed by a new survey listing Pittsburgh as the...
View ArticleNeighbors March For Justice For Jordan Miles
WPXI—Friends and neighbors came out to “march for justice” for the former Creative and Performing Arts High School student that said he was beaten by Pittsburgh police officers. The Alliance for Police...
View ArticleOne Year Later: Vigil Held After CAPA Teen’s Violent Arrest
Lawsuit: Pittsburgh Teen Prays As Cops Beat Him WTAE—About 25 people met in Homewood on Wednesday night to hold a vigil and protest on the one-year anniversary of the violent arrest of 18-year-old...
View ArticleProtest Held Over “Lack of Justice” for Jordan Miles
WDUQ News—The Alliance for Police Accountability held a vigil Wednesday in memoriam of the one year anniversary of the Jordan Miles incident. Held on the corner of Tioga and Rosedale Street in the...
View ArticleGroups call for more city police accountability
Joe Smydo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—Community activists, academics and others today made a collective call for new accountability measures for Pittsburgh police. University of Pittsburgh law professor...
View ArticleCommunity groups: Make Pittsburgh police more accountable
Bill Vidonic, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review— Community groups today urged Pittsburgh City Council to continue its efforts to make city police officers more accountable to the people they serve. “I don’t...
View ArticleCommunity groups seek more information on police behavior
Joe Smydo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—The Pittsburgh police department must receive additional public scrutiny, city council was told Thursday, to avoid continued erosion of trust in the police in some of...
View ArticleHearing on police draws big audience
Residents say they want accountability Moriah Balingit, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—At a public hearing Tuesday night, more than two dozen community members voiced support for city legislation meant to...
View ArticlePodcast: Jordan Miles Controversy Affects Police/Community Relations
WDUQ—Many in the African American community think police were the ones breaking the law in January, 2010 when they beat and arrested Jordan Miles in Homewood. There are allegations of racial profiling...
View ArticleCommunity wages final battle for police accountability
Rebecca Nutall, New Pittsburgh Courier—In the wake of the alleged beating of former CAPA High School student Jordan Miles by three police officers, community activists and concerned citizens sprang...
View ArticleAlliance for Police Accountability Response to the Department of Justice’s...
STATEMENT: Pittsburgh, 4 May 2011—The Alliance for Police Accountability condemns in the strongest possible terms the Depart of Justice’s recent announcement that no federal charges will be pressed...
View ArticleNo Federal Charges Against Police In Miles’ Case
WDUQ—The U.S. Department of Justice has decided not to file charges against Pittsburgh Police Officers Michael Saldutte, David Sisak and Richard Ewing in the January 2010 beating of 18 year old Jordan...
View ArticlePress release: Community Alliance to Protest Justice Dept. Decision in Jordan...
ALLIANCE FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY PRESS RELEASE – May 5, 2011 – PLEASE ANNOUNCE Media Contacts: Brandi Fisher, 412.628.5849, bsfish27@aol.com Pete Shell, 412.422.7435, pshell1@earthlink.net Community...
View ArticlePittsburgh Tribune-Review: No fed charges in Jordan Miles’ beating
Bobby Kerlik, Jill King Greenwood, Michael Hasch, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—After more than a year of investigating, federal officials said on Wednesday they do not have enough evidence to charge three...
View ArticleGroup to protest student’s beating in Pittsburgh
Associated Press—A community group plans to protest after investigations by the Justice Department and the city of Pittsburgh couldn’t prove three officers broke the law or department regulations when...
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