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Pittsburgh G20 Protesters vow to be back for "100 targets" today

by smkovalinsky | September 25, 2009 at 04:47 am

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Associated Press says Pittsburgh police are bracing for Friday clashes.

After yesterday's clashes with police in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh, a group of anarchists have vowed to come back this morning and hit "100 targets". Yesterday police used tear gas and sound waves to disperse hundreds of unsanctioned protesters.

Police reported 64 arrests on Thursday and Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has praised police for their swift responsiveness to potential violence. Some have argued that freedom of speech is being silenced, and that the G20 is over-policed.

The clashes began on Thursday as antiCapitalist marchers thronged their way toward the Civic arena where the G20 leaders, along with President Obama and the First Lady, were attending the global economic summit.

The Associated press has said that police were grabbing protesters who approached the police line on Thursday, in a show of force which G-20 Resistance members called "overdone" and "violent".

Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- The group behind yesterday’s unauthorized march protesting the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh said it may strike “100 potential targets” before noon today.
The Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project, which gathered about 1,500 demonstrators for an unsanctioned march in the city’s Lawrenceville neighborhood, said it will send groups out across the city this morning to cause further disruption, according to its Web site.

“The G-20 is in a house of cards: Let’s shake the table,” the group said.

Yesterday’s demonstration came on the first day of the G-20 conference that saw President Barack Obama and the leaders of 18 other industrialized or developing countries, along with the European Union, convened in the western Pennsylvania city. City officials said 66 people were arrested, many of them near the University of Pittsburgh, as officers wearing body armor used tear gas to break up crowds of demonstrators wielding steel trash bins as battering rams.

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QueensHart

at 05:03 on September 25th, 2009

I cannot imagine what would happen in this country if the police would have treated the tea party people this way. I guess they were not too worried because Obama left town.

sara star

at 11:22 on September 25th, 2009

G20 is starting to become one of the most powerful organizations out there, especially with the news today that it will now be the global center for economical issues. This covers most 2/3 thirds of the world population, and 80% of the trade.

People are worried that they will have their freedom of speech taken away. When there is such a big police force present dispersing the right to freedom of speech it makes you wonder....

QueensHart

at 12:18 on September 25th, 2009

Thanks Sara for your information

Roy C

at 13:00 on September 25th, 2009

I don't want a World Trade Organization to be able to override our sovereignty, but that is what we have.

I feel anger as well, but I can't support or condone the anarchists. Modern devils. As much a part of the problem as part of the solution. A bizarro Superman world mirroring all that is wrong in what they oppose.