 in the press Jordan Miles civil and criminal cases go on Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 
Mediation has failed to resolve a civil lawsuit stemming from the 2010 beating of Jordan Miles, because a criminal probe complicated settlement talks, court papers filed Sunday indicate. "Case could not be settled pending grand jury investigation and possible indictments of defendants," wrote mediator Thomas L. Cooper in a one-page report on talks between Mr. Miles on one hand, and the city of Pittsburgh and its officers Michael Saldutte, David Sisak and Richard Ewing.  Video: Protest Held at Mercer County Plant Over Tear Gas WKBN - 27 First News, Monday, January 17th, 2011 
A Mercer County company is manufacturing and selling a type of tear gas to law enforcement agencies around the world. Monday, a group of protesters gathered outside of that facility, upset that the company is allegedly selling that product to Israeli military forces who are in turn using it against Palestinians. Combined Systems Incorporated, or CSI, based in Jamestown, Pa., manufactures and sells what they call less-lethal weapons to law enforcement. One of those products is a type of tear gas called CS. Christmas Bonus Chris Young, Pittsburgh City Paper, Thursday, December 16th, 2010 
It's been nearly a year since photos of Jordan Miles' bruised and swollen face surfaced on local newscasts. Those wounds have healed, but as we approach the one-year mark of the former CAPA student's controversial Jan. 12 arrest, frustration festers among some local activists and city officials. The investigation "is just taking too long," says Nigel Parry, a member of the Justice for Jordan Miles campaign. "Enough is enough. It's just got to end." Turning the tables on BDS By G. Steinberg and J. Edelstein, Jerusalem Post , Saturday, November 6th, 2010 
This tedious Jerusalem Post article whines about my 2004(!) description of the assassination of HAMAS spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin as a "bus bombing". Yassin was assassinated when an Israeli aircraft fired rockets at Yassin as he exited a mosque with a crowd of worshippers. This rocket attack predictably killed 8 and injured 17, including 4 children! The previous Israeli assassination attempt against Yassin took place on 6 September 2003 when Israel rocketed a residential apartment building. In that case, thirteen Palestinian civilians, including 6 children, were injured. As the consequences of both acts to civilians were and are self-evident, the obvious parallel is a bus bombing. Pay Daze Chris Young, Pittsburgh City Paper, Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 
Thanks to an agreement worked out between the city and the police union, three officers under investigation for allegedly beating a Homewood teen are getting paid overtime without ever setting foot on the streets or buckling into a patrol car -- and that may continue for a while. Officers Richard Ewing, Michael Saldutte and David Sisak were placed on paid administrative leave in February following their controversial Jan. 12 arrest of 18-year-old then-CAPA High School student Jordan Miles, who has accused the officers of attacking him without cause. But while the three officers enjoy extended vacations, the city has ensured that their wallets are at least as fat as they were when the officers were actually working. Israeli ultra-rightist protested in Pittsburgh Walter Smolarek, PSLWeb.org, Thursday, February 11th, 2010 
On Wednesday, Feb. 3, more than 50 community members and activists converged outside the Hillel Jewish University Center in Pittsburgh to protest the presence of Efraim Eitam, an ultra right-wing Israeli general turned politician. Demonstrators were outraged that the JUC would host such an openly racist figure. Eitam has referred to Arabs as “cancer” and has made thinly veiled calls for ethnic cleansing. PULSE: 20 Top Global Media Figures of 2009 PULSE, Thursday, December 31st, 2009 
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