Pittsburgh G20 Policing Goes Violent

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?