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Homewood residents are being asked to weigh in on ways to stop violence in the area.
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On today’s episode of The Confluence: WESA’s government and accountability editor Chris Potter explains why Pittsburgh City Council voted to give an additional raise to the police bureau’s 19 highest-ranking positions; lawmakers in Washington D.C. are considering regulations for congressional members and their families on buying and trading individual stocks; and a researcher on discussions of race and racism in everyday life.
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Over the past few months, the city’s top 19 law-enforcement officials were granted raises of more than 11 percent.
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Pittsburgh City Council held a discussion on efforts to limit the discretion police have to pull over motorists.
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Some community leaders say police should be a friendlier, more familiar presence — while others want them to have as little presence as possible.
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A federal judge denied defendant Robert Bowers' request to stop jurors from hearing evidence about statements he's alleged to have made after the 2018 attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill. Eleven worshippers were killed in the shooting.
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The proposed legislation would require officers to document their reason for stopping a person.
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The medical examiner says Jim Rogers’ death was caused by a lack of oxygen to the brain. Rogers died in the hospital a day after police shocked him with a Taser.
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Jim Rogers died in October, one day after Pittsburgh police shocked him with a Taser. Now some experts in police procedure say the officers had no justification for using a Taser against Rogers in the first place.
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Activists say the city still needs to release autopsy results and the names of the officers involved.