As voters head to the polls to cast ballots, Tribune-Review journalists are talking to them throughout the region. Here’s a roundup of what’s happening in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. Murrysville Mira Funari, wife of Murrysville council candidate Brad Funari, had been outside Christ’s Lutheran Church for most of Tuesday, and
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“Guilty on all three counts.”
A man read the verdict from a cell phone as a crowd of several dozen people gathered Tuesday at Freedom Corner in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Jurors convicted former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Floyd’s death last May led to protests in Pittsburgh and worldwide, along with increased scrutiny of police tactics and racism in the United States.
By 7 p.m., the crowd grew to about 100. Some marchers walked to Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood and were still there at 8:30 p.m.
Floyd died May 25 after Chauvin, a 45-year-old white officer, pinned his knee on or close to the 46-year-old Black man’s neck for about 9½ minutes as Floyd gasped that he couldn’t breathe and onlookers yelled at Chauvin to get off.
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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.
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Supporters of President Donald Trump participate in a 1776 Rally For Election Integrity on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020, outside the Westmoreland County Courthouse in Greensburg.
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Donald Trump supporter Janet Pringle of Dawson wears a patriotic outift and drapes herself in a U.S. flag while taking part in a 1776 Rally For Election Integrity on Nov. 21 outside the Westmoreland County Courthouse in Greensburg.
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Supporters of former Vice President Joe Biden, at left, and those who favor President Donald Trump, at right, engage in a war of words and campaign signs on Sept. 30 on Latrobe’s Ligonier Street during Biden’s brief campaign stop at the adjacent train station.