Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh police officers accused of beating a Homewood teenager during an arrest near his home.
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Feds will not prosecute police in Jordan Miles case

3 faced charges in alleged brutality against Jordan Miles

Sadie Gurman and Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—A Justice Department decision Wednesday not to charge three police officers with civil rights violations in the case of Jordan Miles brought relief for the accused and disillusionment for the Homewood teen whose name became inextricably linked with police brutality in Pittsburgh.
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Feds say no charges in Jordan Miles case

Bill Vidonic, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—Federal officials will not charge three Pittsburgh police officers accused of beating of a Homewood teen during an arrest near his home, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton announced this afternoon.
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Alliance for Police Accountability Response to the Department of Justice’s Refusal to Press Charges on Richard Ewing, Michael Saldutte, and David Sisak

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 against Richard Ewing, Michael Saldutte, or David Sisak in the beating of Jordan Miles. The claim that “the evidence was insufficient to prove a federal civil rights violation” is outrageous. In taking such a position, the Department of Justice is enabling the continuation of systemic and widespread racial profiling and police brutality in Pittsburgh.
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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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Officers’ Polygraph Tests In Miles Case Obtained

KDKA—The KDKA Investigators have obtained the polygraph exams given to the three Pittsburgh police officers in the Jordan Miles case.
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Defense lawyers hired for Pittsburgh officers in Homewood case

Bobby Kerlik, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—The Pittsburgh police union hired veteran criminal defense attorneys for three officers under investigation by the city and FBI for allegations of brutality during the arrest of a Homewood teenager.
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