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Pittsburgh mayor overhauls how police handle civil protests

by Associated Press
| August 22, 2020 12:03 AM

Pittsburgh's mayor on Friday put new limits on dispatching police to civil protests, halted the practice of having plainclothes officers in unmarked cars jump out and arrest people and ordered officers to stop wearing camouflage at protests.

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