Pa. School District Upset By Team's 'I Can't Breathe' Shirts
A western Pennsylvania school district is considering disciplining girls' basketball players for wearing T-shirts with the words "I Can't Breathe."
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A western Pennsylvania school district is considering disciplining girls' basketball players for wearing T-shirts with the words "I Can't Breathe."
Dozens of people protested Friday night, singing the national anthem and demanding for justice for Leon Ford.
For the first time, a former Allegheny County District Attorney speaks out about the Eric Garner case in New York and about its similarity to a case he prosecuted here nearly 20 years ago.
Dozens of protesters are demonstrating inside the Ross Park Mall.
Pittsburgh Police said there were no arrests Friday night after as many as 400 to 500 demonstrators temporarily forced the closing of a section of the Parkway East, Carson Street, the Smithfield Street Bridge and several other roads.
Local demonstrators will be out again today and this weekend to protest a decision by a grand jury in New York City that cleared a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man.
People nationwide and here in Pittsburgh were back out on the streets, angry about a grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black suspect last summer in New York.
Across the country and here in Pittsburgh, protests continue today in response to a decision by a grand jury in New York City to not indict another white police officer in the death of a black suspect.
Dozens of protesters gathered outside of a Downtown Pittsburgh fast food restaurant early this morning.
Crowds protesting the deaths of two unarmed black men at the hands of police are demonstrating in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Connie Parker, President of the Pittsburgh chapter of the NAACP said violence was not the answer to fixing "a broken down criminal justice system."
Pittsburghers have been speaking out after the Ferguson grand jury decision Monday night, joining in protests around the city.
The governor of Missouri has declared a state of emergency ahead of a grand jury's decision on whether Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson will be charged in the shooting of Michael Brown.
The man who was shot and paralyzed during a traffic stop in November of 2012 brought traffic to a halt in East Liberty Tuesday afternoon when he led a group of demonstrators in a protest.
Activists are protesting an oil and gas firm's $100,000 donation to a major breast cancer advocacy group.
A Monaca plumber has taken plumbing to a new level, using toilets like ones on the roof of his garage, as a form of protest.
The unrest in Ferguson, Mo. Is now being felt at home.
Organizers say 25 protesters have been arrested during a demonstration for a labor union and higher employee wages at the regional health care giant, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Some Yellow Cab drivers are refusing to pick up passengers at Pittsburgh International Airport as part of a protest.
A group of fast food workers held a protest on the North Side to demand higher wages Thursday morning.
Democrats on a state House committee walked out of a hearing on a resolution calling for the impeachment of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, a fellow Democrat.
A group of parishioners staged a sit-in Saturday to protest the closure of their church.
The final Mass was held Saturday afternoon at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Monongahela.
Postal workers in 27 states plan to protest against the opening of postal counters in Staples stores that are staffed with Staples employees.
The State Department has updated its warning, urging U.S. citizens to avoid all travel to Crimea and eastern regions of Ukraine.
