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HISTORIC SETTLEMENT
City of Pittsburgh settles with family of Jim Rogers for $8 million in wrongful death lawsuit
ATTORNEY TODD HOLLIS, CENTER, ANNOUNCES AN $8 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH FOR THE FAMILY OF JIM ROGERS.
by Rob Taylor Jr.
hurt, the trauma of standing at the exact spot that his brother, Jim Rogers, was hit by a Taser numerous times by a Pittsburgh Police officer nearly two years ago. No one offered to provide medical help to Rogers, 54, even as
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You couldn’t see James Frierson’s eyes. They were hidden behind a pair of sunglasses. Was it because of the sunlight, or was it to hide the pain, the
attorney Todd Hollis said he sat in the back of a police car “for over 30 minutes, screaming and begging for help. There were sergeants, there was a lieutenant, medics there...all of them heard him...asking to be given medical attention. West Penn Hos-
pital is three blocks away from here. They drove by Shadyside Hospital...our experts have said that had he been given medical attention sooner, he would have lived.” Hollis, Frierson, and numerous community advocates were
on hand on Harriet Street in Bloomfield, on the afternoon of April 27, to announce that the City of Pittsburgh had settled with the family of Jim Rogers for $8 million in the wrongful SEE SETTLEMENT A8
Big names coming to Pittsburgh's 2023 Juneteenth celebration KRS-One, Soul For Real, Erica Campbell, Ohio Players...and fireworks! by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer
If you build it, they will come. B. Marshall has built it, and everybody has come. Everybody. Like elected officials and the corporate world, in addition to the hard-working Pittsburghers who love Black culture and music. Juneteenth in Pittsburgh has come a long way since there were 75 people celebrating the holiday at Stage AE, B. Marshall’s first foray into hosting a Juneteenth celebration in Pittsburgh in 2013. Even the outspoken B. Marshall didn’t think it would grow from 75 people 10 years ago to 35,000 people in 2022. “How could I say I thought that,” he told
the New Pittsburgh Courier. “We never thought that (it would get that big), but we were persistent and we have enjoyed the growth and the development.” B. Marshall, with the organization Stop The Violence Pittsburgh, held a news conference in City Council chambers on April 26 to proudly announce the lineup of this year’s Juneteenth celebration, to be held, Friday, June 16, to Monday, June 19. The actual Juneteenth holiday is on June 19. On Friday, June 16, Juneteenth will honor Hip-Hop’s 50 years in existence, with performances at Point State Park from Hurricane Chris, ArSEE JUNETEENTH A6
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MARGO DOSS, B. MARSHALL, CHARLOTTE DOSS. (PHOTO BY ROB TAYLOR JR.)