From [HERE] and [HERE] An eight-member federal jury decided in favor of three white Pittsburgh police officers on Jordan Miles' accusation of malicious prosecution and a judge ordered a mistrial on two other counts, ending a three-week civil trial but setting up an as-yet-unscheduled retrial on whether the officers falsely arrested the young Homewood man and used excessive force.

The jury was composed of 7 whites and one black man. It means the jury could not award damages to Jordan Miles who maintains he was stopped without cause - likely because he was a young black man walking in his high-crime neighborhood - then wrongly arrested and beaten before and after he was handcuffed on a frigid, snowy night.

"It's a good win for us," said James Wymard, the attorney for Officer David Sisak who wasn't in the courtroom because he's vacationing with his family. "We said all along once this case was exposed to the light of daylight these allegations would not stand," said Robert Leight, attorney for another defendant, Officer Richard Ewing.

Jurors seen leaving the courthouse would not speak to reporters. Miles, now 20, his mother and sister declined comment, but his attorneys promised to continue the legal battle. "There will be a new trial on the most important issue: Was there excessive force?" said Tim O'Brien, one of Miles' attorneys. 

Jordan claimed undercover officers approached him without articulable suspicion. Officers chased him when he ran and when they caught up with him they 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. The officers put him in handcuffs, and repeatedly shoved his face into the snow, causing a piece of wood to impale his gums. He is 5-foot-6 and 150 pounds and was unarmed. No weapons were found. He suffers from permanent brain damage. [MORE]