-
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.