WILKINSBURG, Pa. — A Pittsburgh man has been hospitalized and and charged with a number of crimes after a police chase that spanned from Penn Hills to Wilkinsburg.
Photos of Green have gone viral in the Pittsburgh area. It shows him in a hospital bed with a bruised eye and bite marks from police K-9's.
The chase ended in front of Turner Elementary School in Wilkinsburg after police say Lamar Green refused to stop the dirt bike he was on, and eventually resisted arrest.
Investigators say they struck Green several times in the face, and released a K-9 on him because they feared he had a weapon as they tried getting him into custody. Police say Green was reaching into his waistband.
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Pastor Maurice Trent, who has been talking with Green, said Green wasn't resisting.
"He said a shorter police officer started running at him and once he ran at him, he put his hands behind his back," Trent said.
Trent said Green didn't stop because he was afraid.
"There's a lot of fear on this side of African-Americans when you're facing police officers it's just a fact and there's gotta be a way for both sides to come together," Trent said.
Green's family told Channel 11 he did not have a weapon on him.
We asked the Penn Hills police chief about the injuries Green has and he refused to comment on the officer's actions or the investigation.
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