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The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Police blotter: Sept. 6 - Sept. 10

Police blotter: Sept. 6 – Sept. 10

By News Editors • September 12, 2024
Pitt police reported a dispute between two roommates, harassment by communication and more in this week’s crime log.
Police officer stands tensely in front of a “HANDS OFF YEMEN” sign at the Palestine solidarity encampment on Monday, June 3.

Opinion | What does it mean for a state entity to defend itself?

By Thomas Riley, Opinions Editor • June 11, 2024
Their billy clubs that beat back student protestors, their tear gas that dispersed countless Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020 and their guns that ended 1,195 lives last year are all protected by the greatest power in the police’s repertoire — the legal right to exercise physical violence against the population.
Dr. Rashawn Ray speaks at a Zoom webinar on Wednesday titled “Rotten Trees: Racism and Bad Apples in American Policing.”

Rashawn Ray discusses policing, implicit bias at Africana Studies event

By Gianna Longo, Staff Writer • October 20, 2023

A study researching implicit bias in American police forces found that people have the same reaction to snakes and spiders as they do to Black individuals in close proximity, Rashawn Ray, professor of...

A City police officer faces a line of people.

Pitt center provides resources for police accountability

By Andrew Thompson, Staff Writer • December 3, 2021
With Allegheny County’s hyper fragmentation — containing 130 municipalities and 108 police departments — Pitt’s Center for Analytical Approaches To Social Innovation created a resource to gather and consolidate police information in one place.
Police Blotter: April 15- April 21

Police Blotter: April 15- April 21

By News Editors • April 22, 2021
Harassment, defiant trespass and more in this week’s police blotter.
Student Affairs hosted a town hall on Thursday evening via Zoom to reflect on the transparency within the Pitt police department, as well as to address questions students had relating to the Pitt police.

Pitt police town hall addresses funding, weapon usage among officers

By Allison Radziwon, Staff Writer • April 19, 2021
Student Affairs hosted a town hall on Thursday evening via Zoom to reflect on transparency within Pitt police, as well as addressing student concerns relating to the Pitt police.
Police Blotter: March 25- March 31

Police Blotter: March 25- March 31

By News Editors • April 1, 2021
A broken window, a missing package and more in this week’s police blotter.
Police Blotter: March 18- March 24

Police Blotter: March 18- March 24

By News Editors • March 25, 2021
Criminal mischief, underage drinking and more in this week’s police blotter
Police Blotter: March 11-March 17

Police Blotter: March 11-March 17

By News Editors • March 18, 2021
Liquor law violations, criminal mischief and more in this week’s police blotter.
Police Blotter: March 4 -March 10

Police Blotter: March 4 -March 10

By News Editors • March 12, 2021
Liquor law violations, arrests and more in this week’s police blotter.
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