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Thursday's Jail Oversight Board meeting unraveled before business got underway after protesters began singing, prompting board members and jail administrators to walk out.
LaTasha Talley, mother of the late Romir Talley, and activists attended the Jan. 24 Penn Hills council meeting with the intention of keeping officer Robert Gowans on desk duty until the investigation into the death of Talley concludes. Gowans is under investigation in the Dec. 22, 2019, shooting death of
Craft was a regular presence during protests against police brutality in Pittsburgh last year.
Multiple prisoners' rights groups gathered Downtown Wednesday to call on the Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board to cancel a training contract at the jail. The jail hired controversial high-risk corrections training company C-SAU in July to implement new processes for cell extractions.