George Floyd Pittsburgh Protests

Nique Craft, an activist who rose to prominence during Pittsburgh’s Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, has died.

Two western Pennsylvania men have been sentenced to federal prison terms in the destruction of a Pittsburgh police car amid last year’s protests over the murder of George Floyd.

A Crafton man will serve at least 2.5 years in state prison for his role in a Black Lives Matter protest last summer.

A Pittsburgh man has pleaded guilty to leaving a backpack containing homemade explosive devices in a bush outside of a complex in the city’s downtown area during last year’s protests over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.

Starting this week, the big Black Lives Matter mural Downtown, along the Allegheny River beneath the Fort Duquesne Bridge, is getting a facelift. And it includes at least a few faces you might recognize.

A second western Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to federal charges in the destruction of a Pittsburgh police car set afire during last year’s protests over the death of George Floyd.

Today marks one year since George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer. In his memory, hospital workers gathered outside UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland this afternoon.

Christopher West is 1of 4 people who authorities say had a hand in destroying the car last May.

The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police posted a formal invitation to bid on a contract last month; potential vendors would supply the department with the so-called "less-lethal" weapons used to disperse protesters last summer. A police spokesperson said the department uses the munitions in other scenarios like SWAT and domestic violence calls. The Alliance for Police Accountability wants to see the evidence.

Almost a year ago, George Floyd’s death at the hands of police office Derek Chauvin created a groundswell that, in Harrisburg, led to a surge of proposals to overhaul policing. State lawmakers are now taking stock of how far they’ve come, and how much further they’d still like to go.