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Viral Video Shows Black PA Cop Punching Protester At Black Lives Matter Rally Viral Video Shows Black PA Cop Punching Protester At Black Lives Matter Rally
Viral Video Shows Black PA Cop Punching Protester At Black Lives Matter Rally A video showing a black Pennsylvania cop punching a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally has gone viral. Wilkinsburg Officer Seth Taylor was among those confronting a group of protesters Saturday, April 16, the Pittsburgh City Paper reports. The protest occurred in the aftermath of the death of Jim Rogers, a 54-year-old black man who died in October 2021, hours after being tased multiple times by Pittsburgh police officers, Various police departments then told everyone to get out of the street, arresting two who were marching after police approached them and told them to leave the i…

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by Nicole Acosta
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PA Officer Details Alleged Rape By Coworker In Email To 900 Police Force Members: Report PA Officer Details Alleged Rape By Coworker In Email To 900 Police Force Members: Report
PA Officer Details Alleged Rape By Coworker In Email To 900 Police Force Members: Report A police officer in Pennsylvania in a detailed email to 900 other officers on the force accused a coworker of raping her while off-duty at a party, WPXI reports. The unnamed Pittsburgh police officer said the alleged assault occurred in the Summer 2021, and was subsequently granted a temporary protection order from her unnamed attacker, the outlet reports. The male officer accused has not been charged, but was suspended for three days per a recommendation by then-Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich, the report explains. The chief reportedly suggested firing him. Both officers app…

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by Jillian Pikora
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SEEN HIM? Police Seek Pittsburg Sex Offender SEEN HIM? Police Seek Pittsburg Sex Offender
Seen HIM? Police Seek Pittsburg Sex Offender Police in Pittsburg are seeking a sex offender they say failed to comply with Megan's Law registration requirements. An arrest warrant has been issued for Thomas Croom, 62, police said. Anyone with information regarding his location should contact the Pittsburgh Police Department at 412-323-7141. Megan's Law is the name for a federal law, and informal name for subsequent state laws, in the United States requiring law enforcement authorities to make information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders, according to Wikipedia.  Laws were created in response to the mur…

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by Cecilia Levine