Right To Dissent Suspended in Pittsburgh

mystieus

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Mon Sep-28-09 04:46 PM
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Right To Dissent Suspended in Pittsburgh

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wherP3L5Xmo

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Posted on DU: September 28, 2009
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ro1942

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Mon Sep-28-09 05:22 PM
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1. What a good show,thanks for posting

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PA Democrat

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Mon Sep-28-09 05:40 PM
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2. My husband and I were talking about anti-war protests of the 1960s

and he was commenting on how different the police presence is today compared to back then.

The police presence at the G-20 looked like a military force deployed against the citizens.

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Uncle Joe

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Mon Sep-28-09 06:05 PM
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3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, mystieus.

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PA Democrat

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Mon Sep-28-09 06:25 PM
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4. G-20 "security" forces included 2,500 members of the National Guard?

No wonder it felt like a war zone.

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Hotler

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Mon Sep-28-09 07:29 PM
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5. A thousand police volunteers from around the country. WTF?

1000 cops going out of their way to bust some heads. If you were not a hateful person why would you do that?

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ro1942

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Mon Sep-28-09 07:42 PM
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6. Makes you wonder

they have that us against them attitude

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DoctorMyEyes

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Mon Sep-28-09 08:01 PM
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7. You got it exactly

I'm not in law enforcement, but I've work closely with law enforcement officers for a long time. Long enough to know that the kinds of officers who volunteer for this sort of "out of town overtime" are basically looking for trouble.

I know a lot of people on DU have poor opinions about police in general. I don't. I happen to believe, through my own experience, that the majority of police officers are good and well intentioned people trying to serve their communities and earn a paycheck. But, there is also a significant number of assholes who join the force in order to be an asshole with a gun and a badge. Some cities are worse than others.

Pittsburgh police are generally about the least reactionary force I've ever encountered and it seems they have good leadership. This was a clusterfuck and I blame the feds and the mayor for it.

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Nikki Stone1

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Mon Sep-28-09 11:11 PM
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9. +1

Thanks for this video

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Seldona

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Mon Sep-28-09 10:42 PM
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8. K&R

Thanks for posting. Glad I got to see this. More perspective on what happened is always a good thing.

I hope there is legal action being taken. This is simply absurd.

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