An activist group advocating for sex workers in the Pittsburgh area is calling on Democratic mayoral nominee Ed Gainey and other lawmakers to decriminalize sex work and end enforcement of prostitution charges, according to an open letter from the group. Pittsburgh’s Sex Worker Outreach Project, or SWOP-Pittsburgh, also called on
"I was stunned by it. But then I was stunned by the fear that I had and the retribution that I would face because of what I said, that is obvious to anybody that is living in America today," Raiford said in the Only On 4 interview.
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala has faced significant fallout for an email he sent in May to his deputy prosecutors forbidding them from offering.
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Springdale police said they don’t intend to file charges against the driver of an SUV who struck a 12-year-old boy riding a bicycle Thursday night on Lincoln Avenue.
Springdale police Sgt. Derek Dayoub said the woman’s northbound SUV struck the boy shortly before 6:30 p.m. in the area of Springdale Volunteer Fire Department.
The woman told police the boy rode in front of her. Dayoub said there were no witnesses, but police canvassed the area for video cameras and found only one that caught the tail end of the vehicle but not the incident itself.