Pittsburgh's Cowardly Cops at G-20 Summit
Police Brutality in Pittsburgh after the G20
Pittsburgh's G-20 Summit Protest March 2:30PM 9/24 09/24/09 01:09PM
Police fire tear gas at G20 protesters
An unpermitted anti-capitalist protest march towards the G20 summit in Pittsburgh has turned violent today, with police firing tear gas after protesters barricaded the street.
With authorities braced for trouble on the eve of the summit of industrialised nations, officers ordered several hundred protesters from a group calling itself the G20 Project Resistance to stop their planned march, which they said was not sanctioned by the city.
According to news agency reports, officers made their announcement over a loudspeaker telling people to leave or face arrest or “other police action.”
However protesters are reported to have responded to the demands with violence, overturning six rubbish bins that were barricading the street and rolling them towards police. Some protesters are also reported to be using pa...