PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has approved one officer’s attempt to be dismissed from litigation brought by a Pitcairn business owner who claimed she was targeted for racial discrimination, harassment, code violations and false prosecution by local authorities after publicly criticizing the police’s perceived use of violence on Black citizens on social media.
PITTSBURGH – A Pitcairn business owner who claimed she was targeted for racial discrimination, harassment, code violations and false prosecution by local authorities after publicly criticizing the police’s perceived use of violence on Black citizens on social media, opposes one officer’s attempt to be dismissed from the case.
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County police officer has denied he targeted a Pitcairn business owner with racial discrimination, harassment, code violations and false prosecution, after she publicly criticized the police’s perceived use of violence on Black citizens on social media.
PITTSBURGH – One of two men who was accused of murdering six people and an unborn child in a mass shooting in Wilkinsburg in 2016, is now suing Allegheny County and a number of police officials for malicious prosecution.
Voters on Tuesday will have the chance to impact the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court’s future as nine seats are up for election. Thirty-nine candidates are vying for 10-year positions on the bench. Judges earn $189,794. Although there is a large slate of candidates this year, it’s not even close