PITTSBURGH — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is launching an investigation into a violent bar brawl involving undercover Pittsburgh detectives.
The four officers remain on duty as investigations by the Office of Municipal Investigations, the Citizen Police Review Board and now the FBI are underway.
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Sources told 11 Investigates that the fight between four undercover Pittsburgh police officers and members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club that was caught on surveillance camera at Kopy's Bar on the South Side has now been referred to the FBI.
The FBI won't comment on the investigation, but told Channel 11 it is often called to look at potential civil rights violations.
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