PITTSBURGH—A federal court jury in Pittsburgh has resumed deliberating the claims of a young black man who says three white Pittsburgh police officers violated his civil rights.

The eight-member panel deliberated Friday without reaching a verdict, though they asked to have transcripts of key testimony read to them.

The plaintiff, Jordan Miles, claims officers David Sisak, Michael Saldutte (sal-DOO'-tee), and Richard Ewing wrongly arrested and beat him on a frigid night in January 2010.

Miles contends he was set upon because he was black, had dreadlocks and, apparently, was assumed to be a drug dealer while walking to his grandmother's to spend the night.

The officers claim they arrested Miles, then an 18-year-old performing arts high school senior, and used force only because he resisted when they mistakenly thought he was an armed prowler.