Submitted by brows19 t3_10nq82g in pittsburgh
Anybody know what’s going on on braddock ave right now near regent sq? Cops going back and forth up and down? Seems maybe like they’re looking for something?
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UnaffiliatedOpinion t1_j6admcb wrote
It sounds like they're looking for someone specific here, but man it's gotta suck to be profiled just for running in a public park... It's 50 degrees out in January, everyone who enjoys walking/running/biking was out taking advantage of the weather today.
dmcgrew t1_j6al8rr wrote
That's not profiling.
UnaffiliatedOpinion t1_j6ap3h4 wrote
If you care to educate me on what it is, by all means do so. Investigating every black runner in a large public park seems like casting a very wide net.
BonafideSleipnir t1_j6arefy wrote
In this case it was a homicide suspect who was trying to escape through the park. I was asked the same thing, and I did happen to see the guy (he was running off the trail along the parkway wall) and the guy was a black man with dreads.
Edit, more specifically wearing a forest green hoodie and grey pants.
BurghPuppies t1_j6bb10r wrote
Seems like YOU are the one who added “every” to the search.
KentuckYSnow t1_j6bj3di wrote
It's a general description, because they don't have all the info, and most bystanders won't observe all that much, but dreads stick out, and if he was running from the cops he's probably a) running, and b) not dressed for it. Good thing John fetterman wasn't there, he'd probably whip out shotgun and stumble through a simple sentence after limping over to the perp.
roflgoat t1_j6ced1i wrote
Man this is just too clever for the Internet. You should get a job writing for a comedy show!
mrsrtz t1_j6arosb wrote
KentuckYSnow t1_j6biri8 wrote
Didnt the driver ever watch the matrix? If you're being chased, stay the fuck off the highway. And don't go fast, it'll give you away, go slow and turn a lot, and perhaps park somewhere and lay low.
dockellis24 t1_j6bgiiv wrote
So they found the guy in the park it sounds like?
Feanor18442 t1_j6a7t1l wrote
I was just down in the park. a bunch of cops drove through and then reversed back out again
Eta: heard two of them talking and it seems like they're looking for someone.
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frenchfriessalad t1_j6abk4a wrote
A friend witnessed someone trying to evade cops on the parkway near Monroeville so I assume it’s connected?
I came down Swissvale Ave to get onto S. Braddock, traffic was backed up so we rerouted to Greendale. Cops on foot looking near the old Foodland. Looks like whomever they are looking for ditched a silver sedan and took off to what I assume would be Nine Mile Run area of Frick.
Avoid the inbound exit of Edgewood/Swissvale! It’s completely blocked and looks as if said silver sedan may have hit a few cars who were waiting at that light.
frenchfriessalad t1_j6agl0l wrote
Correction the silver sedan was hit by a beat up gold mini van, mini van was the vehicle the driver took off from
BonafideSleipnir t1_j6aotgw wrote
I saw the guy as I was leaving the park; he was running parallel to the parkway toward the tunnel opposite the trail. Three cops came running by a minute later, guns drawn, and I heard on their radio that he was armed apparently. Kinda scary, I didn't know what was up but the guy did stop and we stared at each other for a minute.
KentuckYSnow t1_j6bj6ag wrote
Near the old food land. Good God, you grew up here.
frenchfriessalad t1_j6d90s9 wrote
Foodland closed when I was maybe 4 years old but true to my yinzer roots, I will never call it anything else. That and for the life of me, I can’t remember what the hell it is now.
kittenshart85 t1_j6a77ng wrote
came here to ask the same. seems like they're covering the entrances to frick park, too?
a-v-o-i-d t1_j6a9jke wrote
Just saw like 3 cops on the way into the city through squirrel hill, along with EMS
askmeaboutmysciatica t1_j6b40h6 wrote
I got stuck on the parkway ramp to Edgewood for 30 mins tryna figure out
zeebee123456 t1_j6ab6h3 wrote
They’re all over Frick park. I was walking my dogs and they asked me if I’d seen a Black man with dreads running.