Atty: Pa. beating case no race-bias bellwether | ajc.com: ...But a federal trial that begins Monday in a police brutality lawsuit isn't the latest chapter on how Pittsburgh officers treat young black men — even though all three officers accused of wrongfully arresting and beating the 20-year-old black plaintiff, Jordan Miles, are white, his attorney said.
"I don't think this case is the kind of case that's a bellwether," said Miles' attorney J. Kerrington Lewis. "I think this is the kind of case that happens when you have policemen who are cutting corners and are actually rogue-type cops."
Jordan Miles was an 18-year-old violist at the city's performing arts high school when he was beaten and arrested walking to his grandmother's house in his crime-ridden neighborhood the night of Jan. 12, 2010. Officers Richard Ewing, Michael Saldutte and David Sisak contend Miles was acting suspiciously and they thought a bulge in his coat pocket was a gun. They later said they found only a soda bottle.
