Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and Pittsburgh City Council approved a resolution condemning the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as well as all domestic terrorism.
The resolution was sponsored by Corey O'Connor and Erika Strassburger along with the mayor.
IThe mayor's office released a portion of the text of the resolution, which read:
“the Mayor and the Council of City of Pittsburgh are hereby committed to countering hate, extremism, misinformation, and disinformation through engagement with community leaders, governmental transparency, and public information-sharing regarding efforts to fight extremism, and through the investigation and prosecution of those who commit criminal acts in a manner that is consistent with civil liberties protections;
and . . . the Mayor and Council of the City of Pittsburgh do hereby urge Pittsburgh’s residents, institutions, and corporations to join us in adopting anti-extremist values, condemning and rejecting misinformation, disinformation, hate, and extremism in all forms, and calling attention to these harms to keep us all safe.”