Homewood Teen Claims Police Brutality
KDKA―Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper told KDKA-TV Thursday night that three undercover police officers in Zone 5 have been reassigned, at least for now, after a Homewood teenager claimed the trio...
View ArticlePittsburgh Student Claims Police Brutality; Shows Hospital Photo
WTAE—An 18-year-old Pittsburgh high school student was in court on Thursday morning to answer charges accusing him of assaulting police officers.
View ArticleCAPA student claims city police beat him
Senior faces assault charges in incident Timothy McNulty, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—A senior at the city’s Creative and Performing Arts high school facing assault charges is claiming he was brutally...
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 ArticlePolice officers face more heat over beating
Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—Pittsburgh Councilman Ricky Burgess today demanded that officers involved in the Jan. 11 incident that has brought police brutality accusations by Homewood resident...
View ArticlePolice incident provokes ire
City high school students rally to demand an investigation into the arrest and alleged beating of a classmate Sadie Gurman and Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—Students from the city’s Creative and...
View ArticleNAACP asks Pittsburgh to fire police officers in alleged beating
Jill King Greenwood and Adam Brandolph, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—Black leaders today called for prosecutors to drop criminal charges against a Homewood teenager who says three white police officers...
View ArticleCAPA students gather at City Hall to support teen alleging brutality
Jason Cato and Jill King Greenwood, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—As students and community leaders rallied Tuesday against three Pittsburgh police officers accused of beating a high school student, police...
View ArticleHard to fathom police defense in beating
Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—The beating of 18-year-old Jordan Miles on a Homewood street by three plainclothes police officers earlier this month is inexplicable to everyone — except the...
View ArticleHearing postponed for teen beaten by police
City, FBI investigating case Sadie Gurman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—A preliminary hearing has been postponed for a Homewood teen who says three Pittsburgh police officers beat him during his arrest last...
View ArticleHearing delayed for Homewood teen alleging police brutality
Bobby Kerlik, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—A district judge postponed a preliminary hearing today for a Homewood teenager who accused Pittsburgh police officers of beating him during an arrest. District...
View ArticleSpinning the Bottle in Jordan Miles case
Chris Potter, City Paper—Remember Jordan Miles, the CAPA student who got pummeled by police in Homewood, supposedly because the cops thought he might have a gun stowed in the pocket of his jacket? And...
View ArticleHearing on hold for teen who claims he was beaten
Sadie Gurman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—A hearing for a Homewood teen who claims three Pittsburgh police officers beat him during his arrest last month was postponed for a second time Thursday while the...
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 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 ArticleTerez Miles (Jordan Miles Mother) speaks
ONEHOOD WEB TV—Terez Miles speaks moments after Magisterial District Judge Oscar Petite Jr dropped all charges against her son Jordan Miles.
View ArticleJordan Miles Attorney Kerry Lewis speaks out
ONEHOOD WEB TV—Jordan Miles Attorney Kerry Lewis speaks right after Magisterial District Judge Oscar Petite Jr. rules to throw out all charges against Jordan Miles. Thursday March 4th, 2010.
View ArticleCharges Dismissed Against Teen Who Says Cops Beat Him
WTAE—All charges were dismissed Thursday against a Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts student who said he was brutalized by three city police officers who arrested him in Homewood. Jordan Miles,...
View ArticleJudge dismisses charges against CAPA student
Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—A judge relied on the testimony of a witness over the police version of events in dismissing charges Thursday against Jordan Miles, a high school student...
View ArticleHonors student Jordan Miles cleared by judge
Bobby Kerlik, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review—A Homewood teenager at the center of a racially charged police brutality investigation celebrated with his family Thursday when a judge dismissed charges from...
View ArticleDefense 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...
View ArticleCharges dropped: But police conduct is also at issue in the Miles case
Editorial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—Each disclosure in the case of high school student Jordan Miles raises new alarms. The first rang out because of Mr. Miles himself, a 150-pound, viola-playing honor...
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 ArticleTim Stevens and Gayle Moss speak about Jordan Miles Case
ONEHOOD WEB TV—Tim Stevens (B-PEP) and Gayle Moss (NAACP Pittsburgh) speak moments after witnessing Magisterial District Judge Oscar Petite Jr throw out case against Jordan Miles.
View ArticleJordan Miles Case Sparks Call For Change
WTAE—A public hearing was held in Homewood Wednesday night as community members expressed their disdain for police conduct involving an 18-year-old performing arts student. “The way they savagely...
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 ArticleSupporters Of CAPA Student Who Says Police Beat Him Take To Streets
WTAE—Supporters of Creative and Performing Arts High School student Jordan Miles put pen to paper on Saturday in a petition drive. The group is calling for another public hearing before Pittsburgh city...
View ArticlePittsburgh solicitor says investigation into Miles case still open
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—The city’s probe into a high school student’s claims that three police officers beat him in January remains open pending the outcome of an FBI investigation into the...
View ArticleTeen at center of police probe considers law enforcement career
Timothy McNulty, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—Five months ago, Homewood honors student Jordan Miles was arrested by plainclothes officers who he says beat him. Today, while still recovering from his wounds,...
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...
View ArticleRaw footage: Justice for Jordan Miles Emergency Protest #2, Police HQ, 14 May...
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...
View ArticlePHOTOS & FULL TEXT: Activists deliver a People’s Indictment of the 3 officers...
PEOPLEʼS INDICTMENT of Pittsburgh Police Officers In Beating and False Arrest of Jordan Miles on January 12, 2010 And now come the PEOPLE dedicated to Justice for Jordan Miles to hereby indict the...
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