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Protests Erupt After Pittsburgh Police Officer Acquitted in Killing of Unarmed Black Teen

(PITTSBURGH) — Shots were fired overnight through the office window of the attorney for a white police officer acquitted in the killing of an unarmed black teenager, and several hundred people gathered in protest Saturday over the verdict that left Pittsburgh a city on edge. Police put officers on 12-hour shifts until further notice. The jury’s decision late Friday in the deadly shooting of 17-year-old Antwon Rose II upset his family and touched off a nighttime demonstration by about 100 people.

 

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