Police Reassigned While CAPA Student’s Beatdown Investigated
WTAE—Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is responding to Jordan Miles’ claims that three police officers beat down the 18-year-old performing arts student on a street in his neighborhood at night.
View ArticlePolice brutality charge by teen disturb mayor
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said he is “very troubled” by claims that a Homewood high school student was beaten by undercover police. Jordan Miles, 18, was treated at a hospital twice...
View ArticleMiles to Go on Police Accountability
Chris Potter, City Paper—There’s been a nightmarish familiarity about the allegations of police brutality against Jordan Miles, a CAPA honors sudent. I remember a cluster of similar allegations in the...
View Article‘Justice For Jordan:’ FBI Involved As Students March Downtown After Police...
WTAE—Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts High School students marched down Grant Street Tuesday morning, chanting “Justice For Jordan” in support of a classmate who was severely injured during a...
View ArticlePittsburgh cops put on paid leave during beating investigation
Sadie Gurman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—Three officers under investigation by the city for allegedly beating a Homewood teen during his arrest last month have been placed on paid administrative leave,...
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 ArticleThree policemen put on leave during probe of beating case
Jeremy Boren, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—Mayor Luke Ravenstahl yesterday placed three Pittsburgh police officers on paid leave while the city investigates accusations they beat a Homewood teenager...
View ArticleVideo cameras proposed for city police cars
Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—A pitch to put video cameras in all city of Pittsburgh police cars drew applause Tuesday from the area’s top prosecutor, but skepticism from the union representing...
View ArticlePittsburgh councilman offers police reforms
Adam Brandolph, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—City Councilman Ricky Burgess introduced three pieces of legislation Tuesday designed to change the way Pittsburgh police officers do their jobs. Dubbed the...
View ArticlePolice cite value of plainclothes details
Do ’99 cars’ add up to safer streets? Sadie Gurman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—They roam the city’s roughest streets, where a tug at the waistband or an out-of-town license plate can stir their suspicion....
View ArticleCouncil to seek comment on police reforms
Adam Brandolph/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—Pittsburgh City Council plans to hold two public meetings in Homewood before voting on legislation designed to change the way Pittsburgh police officers do...
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 schedules meetings on police changes
Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—Pittsburgh City Council has scheduled two special meetings on a series of proposed police reforms driven by the January allegations by Creative and Performing Arts...
View ArticleCity council sets hearings for police conduct bills
Adam Brandolph/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—Pittsburgh City Council has scheduled two public meetings on a series of bills designed to change the way Pittsburgh police officers do their jobs. A public...
View ArticleProposals would keep tighter rein on Pittsburgh police
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—Pittsburgh City Council has scheduled two public meetings on a series of bills designed to change the way Pittsburgh police officers do their jobs. A public hearing is...
View ArticleJudge dismisses charges against teen beaten by police
Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—A judge today dismissed all charges against Pittsburgh high school student Jordan Miles, who claims he was badly beaten by three police officers during his...
View ArticleWTAE: Charges Dismissed Against Teen Who Says Cops Beat Him
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View ArticlePittsburgh police warned against blue flu
Tries to head off reaction to case involving teen Sadie Gurman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—A top police official has warned city officers not to take any action on the job in response to a magistrate’s...
View ArticlePittsburgh Police ‘Blue Flu’ Rumors Dismissed
WTAE—Pittsburgh police are warned not to call in sick without reason or cut back on patrols in the wake of a judge’s decision to dismiss the charges against CAPA high school student Jordan Miles, who...
View ArticlePolice reform requires community reform
Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—The 100 or so people who turned out at Carnegie Library in Homewood Wednesday to discuss proposed police reforms in the wake of the Jordan Miles affair should be...
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