PITTSBURGH – Settlement talks are upcoming in the case of a local family who filed suit against the City of Pittsburgh and a dozen or more Pittsburgh police officers, stemming from an incident more than three years ago where the plaintiffs say police followed them home, burst into their home without a warrant and physically assaulted them.
Pittsburgh reacts to verdict in trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin Gregory Deffenbaugh
UPDATE: 5:35 p.m. - The Fraternal Order of Police have released a statement, following today’s news out of Minneapolis, MN.
“This is not an incident that involves Pittsburgh Police Officers, it’s policies, or tactics. Therefore, it would be inappropriate to comment on an incident that does not involved it’s officers or members of FOP Ft. Pitt Lodge #1,” Robert Swartzwelder, Fraternal Order of Police.
UPDATE: 5:30 p.m. - The Pittsburgh Penguins, as an organization, have released a statement concerning the outcome of the Derek Chauvin trial.
Eight minutes changed the course of 2020.
It was Memorial Day. May 25. George Floyd was being arrested by Minneapolis police outside of a grocery store after authorities received a 911 call that someone paid with a counterfeit bill. The caller told authorities the man was acting erratically. Floyd, who is Black, matched the caller’s description of the suspect.
Minneapolis police officers responded and handcuffed Floyd. Shortly thereafter, Officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, was caught on camera kneeling on Floyd’s neck on the curb of the city street.
Floyd pleaded with Chauvin, gasping that he couldn’t breathe. He became unresponsive and later died at a nearby medical center.