Group protests student's beating in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (AP) — About 100 people have protested on the steps of Pittsburgh’s City-County Building, after investigations by the Justice Department and the city of Pittsburgh couldn’t prove three officers broke the law or department regulations when they beat a black arts student last year.

The Alliance for Police Accountability wants Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. to take another look at the case of Jordan Miles. The crowd chanted “Shame” and some held up signs including on reading “Prosecute the police” during a noon rally today rally.

The officers say Miles resisted in January 2010 when they claim he was acting suspiciously and thought he had a gun, which the officers claim turned out to be a soda bottle.

Miles says he was accosted because he was a young black man in a high-crime area — and denies having a bottle, much less a gun.