Pittsburgh Cops Pull Doorbell Camera Battery Mid-Rescue on Wymore Street

A video showing Pittsburgh police officers disabling a residence’s doorbell camera spread across social media this week, but officers say the clip leaves out why they were there in the first place: a woman who told 911 she had not left her bedroom for three days, afraid her roommate would make good on a threat to shoot her.

Pittsburgh Police addressed the viral footage directly in a statement, saying the video being circulated lacks any context as to why officers were at the residence or their reason for disabling the camera, according to a post from Pittsburgh Police

The clip shows officers disabling the camera, but not the circumstances that led them to the residence…

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