FBI looking into CAPA student’s police beating claim
Rich Lord, Sadie Gurman and Dan Majors, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—The chief counsel for the Pittsburgh office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation this afternoon confirmed that agents are looking into...
View ArticleNAACP calls for firing of city officers in beating of high school student
Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—The NAACP Wednesday called for the firing of three police officers it says beat a high school student who was guilty only of “walking while black” in Homewood. The...
View Article3 officers accused in beating suspended with pay
Sadie Gurman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—Three city police officers accused of beating a Homewood teenager during his arrest last month were suspended with pay Monday — a move the police union said it...
View ArticleCartoon takes a beating
Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette blog—Editorial cartoons are meant to be provocative. They are intended to make people uncomfortable, especially those who abuse power. On Wednesday I drew a cartoon...
View ArticleAttorney: Beaten CAPA student passed lie detector test
Jill King Greenwood, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—An honors student who says three Pittsburgh police officers beat him during an arrest outside his Homewood home took a polygraph test yesterday...
View ArticlePittsburgh police plan show of support for accused officers
Margaret Harding, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—Pittsburgh police plan to use tomorrow’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade to show support for three officers accused of beating a Pittsburgh teen. In a memo dated...
View ArticleThousands throng Downtown for parade
Dennis B. Roddy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—Winter’s white gave through to St. Patrick’s green today as thousands lined the streets of Pittsburgh for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The event, which...
View ArticlePittsburgh police to march for accused officers
Jill King Greenwood/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—Pittsburgh police officers planned to don green shirts to march in today’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade to publicly declare their support for three officers...
View ArticlePolice Show Support For Officers In Alleged CAPA Beating Case
WTAE—On Jan. 12, a Creative And Performing Arts High School student was involved in an altercation with police in Homewood. Jordan Miles said the three plainclothes officers targeted and beat him...
View ArticlePittsburgh’s St. Patrick’s Day parade leaves ‘em smiling
Rick Wills/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—Rain and a threat of floods did not put a damper on Pittsburgh’s St. Patrick’s Day parade Saturday. “It was lots of fun. The rain did not matter. People cheered...
View ArticleFBI 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...
View ArticleUpon Further Review
Charlie Deitch, City Paper—“Piece of junk!” Beth Pittinger hisses at her Hewlett-Packard computer through clenched teeth. Pittinger, the executive director of the Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review...
View ArticleOfficers In Miles Case Receive Additional Pay
KDKA—KDKA-TV has learned the three officers under investigation after the hospitalization of CAPA High School student Jordan Miles are now receiving payments in addition to their basic pay as the...
View ArticleTurmoil, crime stress Highland Park police zone
Jill King Greenwood, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—When Pittsburgh police swear in 36 new officers next week, the beleaguered Highland Park station hopes to get more than a few of the recruits. Homicides...
View ArticlePay Daze
Chris Young, Pittsburgh City Paper—Thanks to an agreement worked out between the city and the police union, three officers under investigation for allegedly beating a Homewood teen are getting paid...
View ArticlePittsburgh FOP Criticized For Comments
Andy Sheehan, KDKA—The Fraternal Order of Police says the Jordan Miles incident has made officers more apprehensive – less willing to arrest those carrying illegal guns. The union says the three...
View ArticleFaker Claims No Union Support For Cops In Jordan Miles Beating
WTAE—Top officials with the Pittsburgh police officers’ union said a fake statement was sent to local media on Monday, alleging that the union no longer stands behind three cops who are the subject of...
View ArticleMisplaced outrage by police union
Observer-Reporter (Washington and Greene Counties)—Labor unions arose in this country for good reasons, chief among them the need to counter the tactics of predatory employers as the nation entered the...
View ArticleWTAE Video: Feds Say No Charges For Cops Who Beat Pittsburgh Teen
Jordan Miles Was Arrested By Undercover Officers In Homewood, Cleared By Judge [hana-flv-player video=”http://justiceforjordanmiles.com/media/video/20110504-wtae-jordan-and-mother.flv” width=”600″...
View ArticlePodcast: Special Rustbelt Radio report on Jordan Miles (extended 24 minute...
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...
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