Another night of Violent Protests in Pittsburgh

(Pittsburgh,Pa.) After a peaceful group of thousands of protesters gathered in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood yesterday afternoon to protest the death of George Floyd the Young man who died in police custody in Minnesota a small group of the protesters split off once the protest reached the area of a target store and began to  damage businesses in the area. Pittsburgh Police via their twitter account said they started to throw rocks and other items at law enforcement, and smoke was thrown after officers gave numerous orders for them to disperse.

Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said nine officers were injured. All officers were evaluated and released from the hospital. The vandal broke at least four windows, but it doesn’t appear any businesses were looted. Two protesters were transported to the hospital with injuries that they said they got from bean bags. Hissrich said 20 people were arrested last  night, which included four people who are not from Pennsylvania.

 


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