G(ang of)-20 protests in Pittsburgh

[KBCraig]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAwmX5O-FAE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zvxk0Tn0v8

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6848176.ece

[dalebert]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAwmX5O-FAE

Holy crap! That's so fascist, it seems staged. I'm more optimistic than ever for liberty. When in the history of the world has something like that been immediately available for everyone to see and comment on via the Internet? The potential for the memes to be sorted out and evolve is exponentially higher than ever before. It's getting harder and harder to be discreetly fascist. The truth will not be stifled.

[Raineyrocks]

[Raineyrocks]

I was listening to the AJ program as Jason Bermas was running after they used the sound weapons, it was truly disturbing.
He said the police had gas masks on too so I guess that was as they were using some kind of gas on the crowd.
I know that there was "talk" of microwave weapons but did they actually use them?

I was crying and so scared for all of those people there.  Cindy Sheehan even popped up next to Jason as they were trying to get to a side street because the police were actually surrounding the protesters, cornering them.

Rick told me to turn it off because he hates seeing me cry and upset but I couldn't because I don't feel it's right to just turn something off and pretend like it's not really happening.  It's the way I feel even though I understood his feelings.

Any guesses of what will happen now?

[Ogre]

And yet so few seem to notice or care about not only the people, but even the thousands of police employed and the tens of thousands (at least) of dollars being spent to provide "security" for a two-day meeting.

How incredibly sad.

[KBCraig]

When cities seek to host events like this, they are usually billed as economic boons. Not for anyone except the hotels and caterers! Everyone else gets effectively shut down. Not by the protesters, but by police roadblocks and security zones.

[Kat Kanning]

I was listening to the AJ program as Jason Bermas was running after they used the sound weapons, it was truly disturbing.
He said the police had gas masks on too so I guess that was as they were using some kind of gas on the crowd.
I know that there was "talk" of microwave weapons but did they actually use them?

I was crying and so scared for all of those people there.  Cindy Sheehan even popped up next to Jason as they were trying to get to a side street because the police were actually surrounding the protesters, cornering them.

Same here, rainey.

[KBCraig]

If anyone thinks the G20 protesters are just a bunch of mask-wearing, rock-throwing, communists-disguised-as-anarchists, take a look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akwjAjcQnqM

That's Luke Rudkowski of Wearechange.org, schooling them on the constitution they swore to uphold and defend.

[Raineyrocks]

If anyone thinks the G20 protesters are just a bunch of mask-wearing, rock-throwing, communists-disguised-as-anarchists, take a look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akwjAjcQnqM

That's Luke Rudkowski of Wearechange.org, schooling them on the constitution they swore to uphold and defend.

Good for Luke!

This is utterly chilling and disgusting, the police look like and are behaving like a bunch of mind-controlled robots.   Well, if this doesn't prove that there's no more freedom of speech to people, I don't know what it's going to take to prove it.

I'm sickened and sad!

[Bill St. Clair]

My favorite description of the police attacks in Pittsburg is here: http://fr33agents.ning.com/profiles/blogs/g20-proztest-coverage

Yesterday a large group of Americans gathered to celebrate and practice their constitutionally protected rights were attacked by well organized domestic terrorists. The terrorist cells gathered from all over the United States, some, such as the Charlotte, NC based cell, claimed it was training for future attacks. The attackers used a variety of tactics and weapons, including kidnapping, psychological warfare, beatings, chemical weapons, and sound weapons developed for military use in Iraq.

[jaqeboy]

Eye on the Pittsburgh Police: http://pittsburghpolice.net/

Send your vids and blogs and comments to this guy - he's just started compiling everything he can find on these domestic terrorists.

[dalebert]

The whole notion of requiring a permit for a so-called assembly is moronic. Statists can't seem to grasp the concept of emergent order, that a number of people can work together toward a common goal without some designated leader calling the shots. These people are mostly just individuals that all chose to go to one place and be in public. Who do they think is responsible for this permit? Even if there is some "leader" who applies for a permit, who's in charge of some unknown guy who flew in from CA to be in Pittsburg the same day and hold a sign?

[jaqeboy]

The Revolution refuses to be organized!

[Pat K]

I don't know how those disgusting bastards that call themselves
the police in these videos sleep at night.

There beating up on kids.
Cowardly Bullies!

They make me sick.

[Sam A. Robrin]

Statists can't seem to grasp the concept of emergent order, that a number of people can work together toward a common goal without some designated leader calling the shots.

As is being laughably demonstrated in the ongoing drama here in Keene.