Jury Hands Down Split Verdict In Fired Sergeant’s Civil Rights Trial

PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – A federal jury has delivered a split verdict in the civil rights trial of a fired Pittsburgh Police Sgt. Stephen Matakovich, charged with wrongly beating a drunken man and then lying about it in a police report.
Matakovich was found guilty of using excessive force, and not guilty of trying to cover it up.
Matakovich was accused of roughing up a fan, and then lying about it in a police report. The confrontation took place just outside Heinz Field during a high school