A man convicted of injuring an officer with a homemade explosive at a 2023 campus protest over transgender rights at the University of Pittsburgh has been sentenced to five years in prison.

The man, Brian DiPippa, 37, “ignited and dropped two homemade smoke bomb containers in and around a line of people waiting to enter a building for a scheduled event featuring guest speakers ...

Federal prosecutors said DiPippa ignited and dropped two homemade smoke bombs near people waiting to attend the event, and later threw one at officers trying to keep protesters out of the building.

Pittsburgh Couple Sentenced Over Protest That Injured an Officer With a Smoke Bomb PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man convicted of injuring an officer with a homemade explosive at a 2023 campus protest ...