Pittsburgh Teen Gets His Day In Court!!

A Pittsburgh teenager at the center of a racially charged police brutality investigation celebrated with his family Thursday after a judge dismissed charges from his arrest by officers he says beat him.

“This proves I was telling the truth. I didn’t want people to look at me negatively,” Jordan Miles, 18, said after a contentious hearing in Pittsburgh Municipal Court. “They asked me, ‘Where’s your gun, money and drugs?’ All kinds of thoughts went through my head. I thought I was going to get robbed.”im during an arrest on January 12th, 2010, finally faced Magisterial District Judge Oscar Petite Jr. jacked via the Pittsburgh Tribune

Onehood’s DJ Paradise was on the scene and captured the video above. Check Paradise’s blog here.

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Biko Baker

Jasiri X is a Big Winner at the Pittsburgh Hip-Hop Awards

Jasiri X won Album of the Year, Single of the Year and Best Inspirational Artist at this year’s Pittsburgh Hip-Hop Awards. !

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This Week With Jasiri X

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