Joe Smydo and Moriah Balingit, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—After Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s moved last week to replace most of the Citizen Police Review Board, a handful of community members stood up at a meeting Tuesday night to admonish the mayor and council for what they described as a “hijacking” of the board.
Review board ramifications
June 18, 2010 Leave a Comment
Tim McNulty, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—A very surprising move today by Luke Ravenstahl in replacing the city’s police review board. Beyond the connections to his current squabble with the board, it also reminds one of the time he asked for the resignations of department heads citywide in June 2007, and questions about the ethics of naming his [...]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Police conduct doesn’t add up in rankings
June 15, 2010 Leave a Comment
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 seventh-best city in America to raise children.
Police conduct doesn’t add up in rankings
June 15, 2010 Leave a Comment
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 seventh-best city in America to raise children.
Charges against Pittsburgh policemen urged during march
June 13, 2010 Leave a Comment
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 a Homewood teen in January.
Teen at center of police probe considers law enforcement career
June 13, 2010 Leave a Comment
Timothy McNulty, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—Five months ago, Homewood honors student Jordan Miles was arrested by plainclothes officers who he says beat him.
Justice For Jordan March In Pittsburgh
June 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
WTAE—Supporters of CAPA student Jordan Miles march from Freedom Corner to the City-County Building. Miles’ claim of being assaulted by Pittsburgh police in Homewood is under investigation.
Marchers protest city police actions
June 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
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 arrest and beating of a Homewood honors student five months ago.
Justice for Jordan Miles – Rally & March
June 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
On January 12th, plain-clothes police officers Richard Ewing, Michael Saldutte and David Sisak brutally beat Jordan Miles, a CAPA honors student and viola player. On March 19th, Ewing, Saldutte and Sisak were awarded commendations by the Pittsburgh Police Bureau.
Supporters Of Jordan Miles March Downtown
June 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
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.
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