Man pleads to charges in damage to police car amid protests

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A western Pennsylvania man accused of helping to set fire to a Pittsburgh police car during last year’s protests in Pittsburgh over the death of George Floyd has pleaded guilty to federal charges. Twenty-six-year-old Christopher West pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to set fire to property of an organization that receives federal funding and unlawful interference with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder in the May 30 events. He objected Monday to a reference to an alleged assault on a television station camera operator for which he faces charges in county court.


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