From [HERE] The president of the NAACP called the Jordan Miles case "disturbing" Thursday and pledged to assist local advocates petitioning the state attorney general to take up the matter. 

At an appearance at the University of Pittsburgh, Benjamin Todd Jealous said the amount of time it took Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. to decide whether to criminally charge three white police officers accused of beating Mr. Miles in January 2010 "suggests perhaps an intentional delay."

The officers said they confronted Mr. Miles because he appeared to be "sneaking around" with a heavy object in his coat that they thought was a concealed weapon. When he was approached by the officers he ran away, but the officers soon caught up with him and beat him into submission by delivering violent blows that left his face swollen and distorted. Police also used a stun gun and pulled out a chunk of his hair. He is 5-foot-6 and 150 pounds and was unarmed. 

"We, again, are deeply disturbed that the DA took a year-and-a-half to say 'no,' " Mr. Jealous said.

Last month, Mr. Zappala concluded that, after consulting with several experts, he did not have enough evidence to bring criminal charges against the officers accused of beating Mr. Miles, then 18, in Homewood.

The U.S. attorney's office also decided not to bring charges of civil rights violations against any of the officers.