east pittsburgh
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Antwon Rose Jr. and When White Privilege Kills Black People
The funeral for Antwon Rose Jr. took place Monday morning at Woodland Hills Intermediate School in Swissvale, a borough that sits several miles east of Pittsburgh. Like the East Pittsburgh borough where Rose was killed, Swissvale is one of at least a dozen different intersecting municipalities that Pittsburgh’s eastern suburbs consist of. I went to…
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Funeral for Antwon Rose, Pittsburgh Teen Killed by Cops, to Be Held Today
The family of Antwon Rose II, the 17-year-old shot three times in the back by an East Pittsburgh Police officer last week, will lay him to rest on Monday. As CNN reports, protesters have demonstrated in downtown Pittsburgh since Antwon’s shooting on June 19, demanding accountability for Officer Michael Rosfeld, the cop who killed him,…
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Antwon Rose Was Our Nephew
I spent last Saturday afternoon, as I have many Saturday afternoons in the past six years, with my 17-year-old nephew and 19-year-old brother-in-law. I first met them when my wife and I began dating in late 2012, and was happy to discover that they both loved and played basketball. Since then, I have drilled with…
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Pittsburgh Mayor’s Response to Pittsburgh-Area Teen Killed by Police: My Name’s Dewitt and I Don’t Give a Shit
I didn’t think it was possible for a series of tweets to accurately synopsize a city (Pittsburgh), a country (America), a mindset (whiteness), a political policy (kind colonization) and a person, but Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto somehow did exactly that. Last night, Shaun King tweeted out the news about the death of Antwon Rose Jr.,…
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17-Year-Old Killed by Pittsburgh-Area Police; Reportedly Shot in the Back While Running Away
Details are still emerging, but what is known now is the following: At approximately 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, police responded to a shooting in North Braddock, Pa., a borough 11 miles east of Pittsburgh. Apparently, a car was seen fleeing the scene, according to witnesses. A vehicle matching the description was…