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Outrage Erupts After Black Man Beaten by Multiple Cops Leaves with No Charges, As More Shocking Videos of Abuse Against Black Citizens Surface

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Devlon Pridgen was left bruised and bloodied after video showed multiple Pittsburgh officers aggressively detain him on Dec. 29, 2024. Local activists groups are calling for transparency about what led up to the encounter. (Photos: WPXI screenshots)
The Pittsburgh NAACP and the Black Political Empowerment Project sent a joint letter to city leaders, stating that the footage “presents an interaction that appears to be significantly more excessive and aggressive than necessary.”

Photos taken after the arrest show a wounded Pridgeon with a bruised cheek and bloodied chin.

“Why was such a level of force employed, especially given that there were already multiple officers present at the scene?” the NAACP’s and B-Pep’s letter read.

Authorities never charged Pridgen with any crimes, and it’s unclear at this time what prompted his arrest or the force used in the police encounter.

A city Public Safety spokesperson told Atlanta Black Star about the encounter, stating that the department is “aware of a use of force incident” and that “any accusation of improper conduct is taken seriously, and will be thoroughly investigated.”

William Anderson, chairman of the Allegheny Democratic Black Caucus, is also demanding transparency about the arrest.

“He is hurt physically, emotionally, he’s a father of eight. He called me crying. … He was just overwhelmed,” Anderson said of Pridgen.

Nearly a week after Pridgen’s arrest, Anderson posted two videos showing the arrests and detainments of several Black people, including Morgan Daniels, at a Pittsburgh-area home on Dec. 31.

One video shows several officers detaining multiple people at one time as the woman recording the footage shouts at the cops to “please relax!” while promising that no one was going to hurt them in an apparent attempt to de-escalate a chaotic situation.

Seconds later, a female officer and a Black woman are seen rolling down a set of stairs as the cop tries to wrestle the woman into submission. The cop is also seen striking the woman before a male officer drags her over a set of cinderblocks and down the sidewalk.

The woman behind the camera urges the officers to “let her calm down,” adding that “she’s not under the right influence,” after the woman attempts to kick the female cop.

A second video that appeared to be taken by a neighbor shows the arrests from a different angle. In the recording, an officer is seen attempting to take another Black woman into custody. As she trips and falls to the ground, the officer falls with her, pins her to the ground using his knee, and detains her.

In both videos, viewers can hear both the cops and the detained individuals screaming and shouting.

One of the women who was taken into custody after that police encounter was Morgan Daniels, who was later charged after the incident.

Circumstances leading up to Daniels’ arrest and how the events in the videos unfolded are also unclear. Pittsburgh Public Safety said that three people, including Daniels, were arrested and charged with aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and public drunkenness.

“The Allegheny County Democratic Black Caucus is outraged that the City of Pittsburgh Police choose to charge Morgan Daniels after brutally assaulting her in an attempt to justify their continued acts of Police Brutality against our African American Citizens and members,” Anderson wrote in a statement. “We demand any and all charges filed against Ms. Daniels be immediately dropped. And her hearing scheduled for January 13th cancelled.”

The caucus group stated they plan to hold a press conference later to discuss Pridgen’s and Daniels’ arrests and demand justice and accountability.
 
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A recently elected Cook County judge, Caroline Glennon-Goodman, was temporarily reassigned and referred to the state Judicial Inquiry Board Friday for allegedly sharing a racist image in a text message.

The image, which was leaked to the broader public last week, parodied a Little Tykes toy box with a picture of a Black child and a foot outfitted with “My First Ankle Monitor.” In a screenshot of the text obtained by Injustice Watch, Glennon-Goodman sent the image along with a text saying “My husband’s idea of Christmas humor.”

The image appears to be a screenshot of an AI-generated meme from a TikTok video.

Following a meeting with the court’s executive committee, Chief Judge Timothy Evans issued an order Friday reassigning Glennon-Goodman from the pretrial division, where she was responsible for deciding whether defendants in criminal and domestic violence cases were jailed, confined to electronic monitoring, or released. The judge will also receive training on implicit bias and has been referred to the Judicial Inquiry Board, “to determine whether further sanction is warranted.”


Glennon-Goodman, who ran unopposed for her first term on the bench from the 10th Subcircuit last year, is a former career public defender. Neither Glennon-Goodman nor her husband responded to requests for comment.

A friend of the judge, who spoke to Injustice Watch on the condition of anonymity, said Glennon-Goodman told her the message was intended for a close friend and was instead mistakenly sent to a fellow judge with the same first name.

In a statement to Injustice Watch, the Cook County Bar Association, the region’s largest and oldest professional association of Black lawyers, condemned the circulation of the photo.

“It is our understanding that the photo was meant to be shared with a different audience and that the judge involved has apologized profusely as a result. Nevertheless, such media is inappropriate to share regardless of the intended audience,” the bar association said in the statement. “Discernment and judgment are of utmost importance for the qualifications of a judge. Any judge should be unbiased enough to not further circulate such a racist trope.”

The CCBA further noted, “The imagery recalls our nation’s history of inappropriate media images of Black people (such as blackface) and such imagery continues to shape the opinions of Black people, particularly Black men.”



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Cook County Circuit Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman was reassigned from her post in the pretrial division and referred to the Judicial Inquiry Board over a text message she allegedly sent containing a racist image.
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