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Hundreds march in Pittsburgh for Black Lives Matter
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | 7/9/2016 | MADASYN CZEBINIAK AND MATTHEW SANTONI

Posted on 07/10/2016 9:10:17 AM PDT by surroundedbyblue

Sarafina Davis has had enough.

“I am tired of these police officers raging war on our black men, and not being held accountable for their actions,” she said.

So she decided to create a Black Lives Matter event that ended up attracting hundreds of people to Point State Park on Saturday.

She and her sister, Jobie Mack, 21, of West Mifflin, didn't expect the event to draw as many people as it did.

Pittsburgh police Chief Cameron McLay estimated the crowd at 1,300 as it headed from the Point up Liberty Avenue to Sixth Avenue, before about 500 returned to Point State Park.

In front of Port Authority's headquarters on Sixth Avenue, the march stopped to remember Bruce Kelley Jr., who was shot and killed by Port Authority police in January after fatally stabbing a police dog. District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. found the officers' use of deadly force to be justified.

Davis did not agree with Zappala's decision.

“We all watched the video; it wasn't,” Davis said.

While Black Lives Matter protests across the country had the potential to create “difficult and dangerous” situations, “What I felt here was different,” McLay said as the event broke up about 4 p.m.

(Excerpt) Read more at triblive.com ...


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To: moovova

Good to hear. I noticed that the newspaper article featured a picture - lots and lots of whites. Probably as many if not more than blacks that were part of this group. Useful idiots.


21 posted on 07/10/2016 11:03:50 AM PDT by surroundedbyblue (Proud to be an Infidel)
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To: surroundedbyblue

There were! Many carrying very vicious, anti-cop massages.


22 posted on 07/10/2016 12:12:14 PM PDT by moovova
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To: Ciexyz

And the best Pirates game of the year was underway on Federal Street.


24 posted on 07/10/2016 1:27:53 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors)
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To: Lisbon1940

True story! Nice grand slam!


25 posted on 07/10/2016 1:53:59 PM PDT by surroundedbyblue (Proud to be an Infidel)
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To: JBW1949

Just don’t play into it. Remember the vast majority of folks are good peace loving people. If we don’t lose our heads 0 will have no where to go but home.


26 posted on 07/10/2016 3:11:34 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789)
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