Pittsburgh G20 Policing Goes Violent
Posted: September 25th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: News, civil liberties | Tags: demonstration, G20, Nate Harper, Pittsburgh, police, protest | No Comments »Most of you will have heard of the Metropolitan Police’s pre-emptively violent behaviour at London’s G20 protests earlier in the year. Another G20, more violent policing, this time in Pittsburgh:
It’s quite a choice G20 protesters find themselves faced with: getting beaten for peaceful protest or having their eardrums shattered by military weapons. Nate Harper, Pittsburgh’s police chief was pleased with how the sound cannon performed: “it served its purpose well.”
The sound of things to come in the UK?
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