WTAE—No criminal charges will be brought against three Pittsburgh police officers who were involved in the violent arrest of then-high school student Jordan Miles in Homewood more than a year ago.
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No Charges: Cops Who Beat Pittsburgh Teen Going Back To Work
WPXI Pittsburgh: Jordan Miles Reacts To Decision On Beating Investigation
Year in the dark: Pittsburgh deserves answers on the Miles case
Editorial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—On Jan. 12, 2010, Homewood teenager Jordan Miles received, in the words of his lawyer, “an excessive beating” by three Pittsburgh police officers. Mr. Miles wasn’t a gang member. He wasn’t packing heat or carrying drugs. He was a high school honor student on the way to his grandmother’s house.
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Rally held at scene of teen’s confrontation with Pittsburgh police officers
Joe Smydo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—About 100 people gathered Saturday at the scene of Jordan Miles’ confrontation with three Pittsburgh police officers, then marched through Homewood to demand the officers be prosecuted for beating him.
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Kielan Miles Speaks about her brother Jordan’s Beating By Cops
OneHOODWebTV—Jordan Miles’ 16-year-old sister, Kielan bravely reads a statement that she prepared about how Jordan’s beating at the hands of 3 Pittsburgh police Officers have affected her and her family.
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The Miles case: Eight months later, answers go begging
Editorial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—On. Jan. 12, Homewood resident Jordan Miles, 18, was confronted by three undercover police officers on Tioga Street as he made his way from his mother’s home to his grandmother’s nearby.
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Homewood teen’s lawsuit seeks Pittsburgh officers’ removal
Brian Bowling and Bobby Kerlik, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—A Homewood teenager who filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and three Pittsburgh police officers wants a judge to take the officers off the street.
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Arts student sues over Pittsburgh police beating
Joe Mandak, Associated Press—A black teen who attended the city’s performing arts high school has filed a federal lawsuit saying three white Pittsburgh police officers wrongfully beat him in January, then conspired to file false charges against him and concocted a cover story for their actions.
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FBI gets Homewood teen’s DNA for beating probe
Jill King Greenwood and Bobby Kerlik, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—The FBI this week took a DNA sample from Jordan Miles to compare to hair and braids found on a Homewood sidewalk as part of an investigation into his allegations that three Pittsburgh police officers beat him, the teenager’s mother said Thursday.
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Justice Department investigating police beating of CAPA student
Dennis B. Roddy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—The Department of Justice Wednesday confirmed that its civil rights division has opened an investigation into the Jan. 12 arrest and beating of Pittsburgh high school student Jordan Miles.
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