Miles says officers David Sisak, Michael Saldutte (sal-DOO'-tee), and Richard Ewing confronted him in January 2010 while he was walking to his grandmother's house to spend the night. He says they assumed he was a drug dealer because he was black and had dreadlocks.
Date: Mar 31, 2014
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Trial set in black man's Pittsburgh police beating
Defendant Richard Ewing has left the Pittsburgh police to become an officer in McCandless, a suburb just north of the city. The other defendants, Michael Saldutte (pronounced sal-DOO'-tee) and David Sisak, are still on the force.
Date: Mar 11, 2014
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Pittsburgh Police Lawyers Ridicule Beating Version
The officers Richard Ewing, Michael Saldutte and David Sisak say they stopped Miles after seeing him lurking near a neighbor's home with his back to the street and a bulge in his coat pocket that they thought was a gun. The officers claim the bulge turned out to be a bottle of soda, and contend