PHOTOS & FULL TEXT: Activists deliver a People’s Indictment of the 3 officers that beat Jordan Miles
Jasiri X: Jordan Miles, Honor Student Brutally Beaten by Police, Speaks for the First Time
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoon: “Pittsburgh Justice”
Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette blog—The U.S. Justice Department ended its investigation into the beating of a Jordan Miles without issuing any charges. The officers involved were reinstated to active duty without any real explanation of what happened. Police Chief Nate Harper said, “There is no question that Mr. Jordan Miles sustained physical injuries, but there [...]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Protesters seek charges in Jordan Miles case
Ryan Brown, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—About 90 demonstrators gathered Saturday at Pittsburgh police headquarters to repeat demands that the Allegheny County district attorney file charges against three police officers accused of beating Homewood teenager Jordan Miles.
Raw footage: Justice for Jordan Miles Emergency Protest #2, Police HQ, 14 May 2011
Nigel Parry for Pittsburgh Indymedia—Raw Flipcam footage from the second emergency protest for Justice for Jordan Miles, called by the Alliance for Police Accountability. The footage (released as Creative Commons-Non-Commercial-Attribution) was shot near and in front of Police Headquarters in the Northside of Pittsburgh, on May 14th, 2011, from just after 1pm onwards.
Vanessa German: open note poem to pittsburgh police chief
i see you on the news sometimes you wear nice hats & nice coats & your moustache is always trimmed nice & you give good press conferences
Terez Miles’ statement, read out during the May 6th Emergency Protest in Downtown
Thursday, May 5, 2011—Yesterday’s decision by federal officials not to charge the three police officers who brutally beat Jordan came as a horrible insult, to Jordan, to me as his mother, and to everyone with eyes, a brain and common sense.
Podcast: Special Rustbelt Radio report on Jordan Miles (extended 24 minute version)
The feature takes a look back at the 15 months since Jordan was beaten, the recent news that the federal government are not going to prosecute the cops for civil rights violations of Miles—which the Mayor and Police Chief are trying to spin as a blanket pardon. Listen to speakers including Tim Stevens, Paradise Gray, [...]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Justice Dept.’s decision in Jordan Miles case increases distrust
What will mend rift between police and community? Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—The news that the Department of Justice wouldn’t file charges against three Pittsburgh police officers accused of using excessive force against a Homewood teenager was disappointing for the teen and his family. But for the community affected by it, the decision has served [...]
KDKA Video: Group Plans More Protests For Jordan Miles
KDKA—A group says they plan at least three more rallies for Jordan Miles, a teenager who was beaten by three Pittsburgh police officers. KDKA’s Harold Hayes reports.
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