Antwon Rose Protests Continue In Pittsburgh For Third Straight Night

For the third day in a row, hundreds of protesters continue to call for justice over 17-year-old  Antwon Rose Jr. ’s killing by an East Pittsburgh police officer.

The protesters traveled through downtown Pittsburgh and across the Rachel Carson Bridge on Friday, pausing at intervals to read from a poem the Woodlands High School honor student had written about police brutality two years prior to his death.

“I see mothers bury their sons,” the poem read, in part. “I want my mom to never feel that pain.”

At one point during the demonstration, all the 17-year-olds gathered at the center of the group to highlight Rose’s young age when an officer killed him as he ran away, unarmed, on Tuesday evening.

Friday’s demonstration comes just hours after protesters blocked Interstate 376  in the city, shutting down portions of the highway for more than five hours from Thursday night into early Friday morning.

By Friday afternoon, the protest was going strong once again and appeared poised to continue into the night.