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  • Wild video shows black cop PUNCHING black BLM protester who lunged at him and called him a 'pig' during Pittsburgh rally

    04/19/2022 3:53:57 PM PDT · by Morgana · 35 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | April 19, 2022 | Melissa Koenig
    A wild video posted online over the weekend captured the moment a black police officer punched a Black Lives Matter protester at a rally in Pittsburgh. Seth Taylor, a three year member of the Wilkinsburg Police Department, was snapped punching a protester identified as Vuestro Merced after they intervened while officers were trying to detain another protester, according to Pittsburgh City Paper. Video published online shows officers trying to apprehend a woman who was backing away and shouting obscenities as Merced pushed toward them and grabbed at them. Taylor then swung at Merced, forcing them to the ground as muzzled...
  • White TV anchor fired after racial comments fights back with discrimination lawsuit

    06/21/2016 6:24:32 AM PDT · by orchestra · 20 replies
    Washington Post ^ | 6/21/2016 | Katie Mettler
    In March, a white award-winning broadcast news anchor in Pittsburgh posted on her professional Facebook page what she claimed was a heartfelt call to action on the perceived black-on-black crime epidemic in the United States, particularly in the city she’d covered for almost 20 years. The post came two weeks after she covered a mass shooting at a backyard barbecue that left four people injured and six dead, including a pregnant woman, in Wilkinsburg, a majority black borough. The district attorney called the heinous crime calculated, planned and one of the “most brutal” he had seen in his 18-year tenure.
  • At least 5 killed in shooting outside Pittsburgh; police searching for 2 gunmen

    03/09/2016 9:50:53 PM PST · by Deo volente · 82 replies
    Fox News ^ | March 9, 2016
    At least five people have been killed and several others wounded in a shooting late Wednesday in a suburb outside Pittsburgh, authorities said. Lt Andrew Schurman of the Allegheny County homicide unit confirmed early Thursday that four females and one male were killed in the shooting at a house on Franklin Ave. The shooting occurred around 11 p.m.
  • Police: Man shot, killed as he urinated off Wilkinsburg porch

    09/19/2012 4:56:01 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 37 replies
    WPXI ^ | September 19, 2012
    WILKINSBURG, Pa. — Police are investigating an unusual shooting in Wilkinsburg late Tuesday night. Investigators said the victim was playing dominos with friends on a porch of a home around 11 p.m. when he decided to urinate over a side railing. According to witnesses, someone below the porch could be heard yelling, "Yo, yo!" Moments later police said several shots were fired striking 35-year-old Roosevelt Robinson, of Wilkinsburg. Robinson was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died.