[contentblock id=1] Share this direct link to the clip: http://www.livestream.com/occupypittsburgh/video?clipId=pla_6f7914d2-8266-4d5b-b6c8-b4fe3b1faf4d NOTE: Due to problems with the livestream internet connection, the amazing performances by Vanessa German and Jasiri X were interrupted several times. Don Carpenter’s recording of these performances has decent, unbroken audio, so you don’t have to miss it!
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Jordan Miles case not defining moment for Civil Rights Section, says U.S. Attorney Hickton
October 30, 2011 Leave a Comment
‘I hope our civil rights effort will not be judged by one case’ Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—A year ago last week, the region’s new top federal prosecutor tasked a team of five attorneys with pursuing civil rights violations.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: City police must divulge more details about cases
October 12, 2011 Leave a Comment
Council measure stems from teen’s 2010 encounter Joe Smydo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—After 18 months of debate, including one meeting at which the police union president performed a pat-down on the city’s top legislator, Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill requiring the police department to share more information about stop-and-frisk encounters and other hot-button [...]
POSTPONED: Sat, July 23rd: “Joshua” March around the Courthouse with Churches
July 20, 2011 Leave a Comment
NOTE: The July 23rd rally has been postponed due to a high Heat Index and a large amount of elderly and young participants. Download the flyer here: http://justiceforjordanmiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110723-APA-Joshua-Churches.jpg Please join the Alliance for Police Accountability and several religious congregations as we symbolically tear down the walls of injustice and demand justice for Jordan Miles: Saturday, [...]
THIS WED: Prevent future Jordan Miles incidents! Support Police Accountability Bill #2010-0234
June 20, 2011 Leave a Comment
Bill 2010-0234 WILL IMPROVE COMMUNITY-POLICE RELATIONS Support the ‘Police Reporting and Accountability Bill’ #2010-0234 Attend the June 22nd City Council Standing Committee Meeting [City County Building - 414 Grant Street - @ 10am]! Councilman Burgess will be reintroducing the Bill 2010-0234. City residents may make a public comment up to 3 minutes in length. Sign [...]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Group gives DA petitions seeking charges in police beating
June 3, 2011 Leave a Comment
Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—The Alliance for Police Accountability delivered more than 1,000 signatures to the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office this morning, again urging that criminal charges be filed against the three city police officers involved in the beating of Jordan Miles.
WPXI: Members Rally Against Pittsburgh Police
May 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
WPXI—Members of the Alliance for Police Accountability rallied outside Pittsburgh police headquarters on the north side Saturday.
Raw footage: Justice for Jordan Miles Emergency Protest #2, Police HQ, 14 May 2011
May 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
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.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: NAACP wants city officers prosecuted for Jordan Miles beating
May 10, 2011 Leave a Comment
Tony LaRussa, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—The head of the Pittsburgh chapter of the NAACP yesterday said the organization is unified with other black organizations that are calling for the firing and prosecution of three Pittsburgh police officers they say beat a Homewood teenager. “The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is outraged over news of [...]
Coming Emergency Protests for Jordan Miles: May 14th, May 21th, May 28th (includes flyer)
May 9, 2011 Leave a Comment
Download a PDF version of the flyer (200K) Join Us In These Crucial Protests to Demand: Fire the three officers! Prosecute Richard Ewing, David Sisak, and Michael Saldutte! Release the OMI internal report on the beating to the public! Sat, May 14, 1pm – Police Headquarters in the Northside, 1203 Western [...]
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