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| Police disperse protesters at G20 summit |
| 2009-09-25 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] Police has fired pepper spray to disperse demonstrators attempting to protest against the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Riot police intervened after a 1,000-strong crowd, some of them black-clad hardliners wearing goggles and brandishing anti-capitalist banners, set off on a two-mile (three-kilometer) trek towards the conference venue. As the group left the city park where they had gathered in defiance of a ban on non-authorized rallies, police broadcast a pre-recorded announcement in English and Spanish declaring their protest an "unlawful assembly." Shortly afterwards, riot officers blocked their path and fired tear gas grenades., dispersing most of the protesters. On Thursday, the US President Barack Obama hosted a summit of world leaders aimed at tightening up regulations to ensure that a financial meltdown would never happen again. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 They never got anywhere near the convention center, and they basically just got their asses kicked by the cops. Yeah, but it's all good. "I went down to the demonstration to get my fair share of abuse" -- Rolling Stones, "You Can't Always Get What You Want" |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-09-25 23:23 |
| #5 There is a Federal law sating that people cannot appear at protest functions wearing masks. It's a law passed during the early 60's to help combat the KKK. Some one needs to enforce it. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2009-09-25 19:32 |
| #4 Thanks goodness it was only far leftists and anarchists? Imagine the level of violence if it was a crowd of Tea Partyers! /sarcasm off |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-09-25 19:05 |
| #3 IMHO when the black-clad masked idiots show up, so should the batons, rubber bullets and tear gas. Nah, we just lock them up in old warehouses. Google 'Guantanamo on the Hudson' for a HowTo. |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2009-09-25 18:29 |
| #2 From the accounts I've read, it was hilarious. They never got anywhere near the convention center, and they basically just got their asses kicked by the cops. They made at least two tries at getting around the cops, through the Strip District and the long way through Bloomsfield, Oakland, and I guess eventually Duquesne campus, but didn't try to go through the Hill District. White-boy anarchists too scared of the ghetto to make trouble on the Hill? |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-09-25 09:35 |
| #1 IMHO when the black-clad masked idiots show up, so shoud the batans, rubber bullets and tear gas. They are there for one reason and that is to cause chaos and destruction of property. Trust me you start whacking a few of them in the head and they will think twice before they come to the next riot. Anyone know what i up with teh fatigue-clad guys grabbing the protestor? One of them is wearing the old style BDUs (OSI/CID/NCIS?) or possibly a staged event? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2009-09-25 09:09 |