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Article: Where Is The Report? City Council unanimously calls for release of Justice Department report on police misconduct
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- New Pittsburgh Courier
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- February 19, 1997
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Where Is The Report? City Council unanimously calls for release of. Justice Department report on police misconduct
By SONYA M. HAYNES
Courier Staff Writer
In the aftermath of Jonny Gammage's death at the hands of five white suburban police officers, there is more at stake than the placement of a referendum on the spring primary ballot calling for the creation of a civilian police review board.
Sala Udin, one of four city councilmen who support the measure, is fighting for the release of a U.S. Justice Department report documenting a pattern of police abuse in the city, stemming back to the early 1980s.
During a press conference held yesterday to announce that nearly 20,000 signatures have ...