A wild bar brawl in Pittsburgh between undercover cops and members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club in 2018 will finally be reviewed in court now that a civil suit brought by the bikers has been approved by a federal judge.
The Pagans are accusing the police of excessive force, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution after a confrontation in a bar suddenly degenerated into violence – allegedly caused by police officers who had been drinking for hours.
“We’re ecstatic. We cannot wait to bring this case to trial. I think that if people pay attention that they will be enlightened during the course of the trial,” Marty Dietz, an attorney representing the Plaintiffs, told WPXI.
The city wanted the lawsuit shut down, and argued for its dismissal. However, surveillance footage that captured the brawl convinced a federal judge that the bikers had a point.
For a comprehensive account of the original incident, you can Google Pagans Kopy's bar.
Kopy's is a dive bar here in the area we refer to as Southside.
It's much more info than I can type here.
LEO really screwed the pooch on this one.