Attorneys Hope To Close Fired Sergeant’s Civil Rights Trial

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Attorneys are hoping to get to closing arguments in the federal civil rights trial of a fired Pittsburgh police sergeant charged with wrongly beating a drunken man and then lying about it in a police report.
Former Sgt. Stephen Matakovich is charged in connection with incident at a high school football championship game at Heinz Field in 2015.
Matakovich claims the drunken suspect adopted an “aggressive” posture before the sergeant pushed down the man then pun