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Not long after Jonny Gammage died at the hands of police in October 1995, Tim Stevens told Gammage’s parents “never believe that your son’s death was in vain.”
Stevens, chairman and CEO of Pittsburgh’s Black Political Empowerment Project, has helped make sure of that. For the last 23 years he has helped organize the annual Black & White Reunion Pittsburgh Racial Justice Summit, an event formed after the death of Gammage.
In a scuffle with five white police officers from suburban Pittsburgh, Gammage was held face down on the pavement. He couldn’t breathe. Feeling his life slipping away, he gasped to Whitehall police Sgt. Keith Henderson, “Keith, Keith, I’m 31. I’m only 31.”
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Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto announces he is seeking a third term in office during a Facebook Live video Thursday afternoon.
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As he launches his campaign to seek a third term in office, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto isn’t kissing babies, shaking hands or doing any of the usual things associated with a politician.
Instead, on Thursday he shared a recorded interview with supporters on Facebook. On Friday, he began a series of individual talks over Zoom about why he’s seeking to be reelected.
Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during a drive-in rally on Pittsburgh’s North Shore on the eve of Election Day, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020.
Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review
Mike Sheridan 33, of Pittsburgh volunteers to help distribute meals during the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches Food Bank distribution at the Pittsburgh Mills Galleria rear parking lot Tuesday. Dec 8, 2020, during the Allegheny Valley Association of Churches Food Bank distribution. Roughly 650 meals were giving away.
Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review
Sample collection for COVID-19 tests are administered at a Central Outreach Wellness Center testing site in the parking lot of the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium on March 24, 2020.