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CityLab Daily: How Cities Are Tied to Their Suburbs’ Police Violence

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Emmai Alaquiva

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Fault lines: On Friday, former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld was acquitted of murdering the black teenager Antwon Rose II, a decision that sparked several street protests across the greater Pittsburgh region. In the wake of the killing and again after the jury’s verdict, some commenters—including at one point Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto—sought to draw a distinction between the now-disbanded suburban police force in East Pittsburgh and the police force of Pittsburgh itself, which wasn’t involved in Rose’s killing.