G20 Protest in Pittsburgh - Martial Law?

[vada2000]

these kids came lookin to start a riot. why else bring gas masks? look at nyc and the protest there. no gas mask. everyone is being peaceful and low and behold no tear gas. kinda freaky huh?

[lilmissykato]

Im sorry but the pittsburgh g20 was nothing, yes as a native of the burg it was a big flippin deal to us, as nothing like that has EVER happend... but it wasnt a big deal. You have the world leaders from 20 coutries, plus other coutnries just came.... they need major security because bozos want to kill people.

[Nathano27]

We will not get used to this and we will make it stop

[LIZMAURO]

Imagine if this was your neighborhood? I don't have to because it was my neighborhood. The subject protesters were nothing but a bunch of cowardly punks looking for attention. The police did the right thing by squashing their efforts and intimidating them into uselessness.

[jdector53]

@LIZMAURO

there was more out of town cops than protesters

i was in my own neighborhood, and treated like a criminal

you're a clueless bootlicker

[Sons0fLiberty1]

Meet the force with force

[blackwlf761]

are you guys fucking stupid, you have to have a permit to protest, idiots these days. What the fuck happend to civil rights movement ? mowed down like mother fuckas, i see foreshadowing of the near future..

[Grant123CC]

@blackwlf761 u hav to hav a permit 4 freedom of speech is that it

[blackwlf761]

@Grant123CC this is a old ass video, and yes you need a permit to say shit

[Grant123CC]

@blackwlf761 i know that i was just watching it anyways but thats a stupid law

[imkoolkid]

ak47 to all of them

[unicef58]

is this going to happen when we have civil unrest and more protests? not concerning the g20? i think martial law is here to stay. the voice will never be heard.

[DoctorBimbles]

Illegal protest? How about fuck you. 1st amendment forever, you fucks!

[beatleman27]

if these cops arent careful THEY are the ones going to be forcefully removed

[bighead1016]

You have a right to free speech but my nephew has a right to LIFE. He was o.k. Free speech doesn't give anyone the right to do as you please.

[stillrob420]

its actually teh right to peacably assemble, speech is just a given. and to even defend this actions, makes you the enemy in my book, a traitor to his own country and fellow American. shit on you pal, yella coward.

[jammybizzle666]

good.

showed those pussy anarchists who's boss.

[tylerleebash]

wow, you're ignorant

[jammybizzle666]

cry more about how you got tear gassed

[tylerleebash]

i didn't get tear gassed, you stupid twat

[jammybizzle666]

all i see is QQ

[tylerleebash]

it's clear that your eyes are closed and that you don't see much of anything

[jammybizzle666]

yes its so i dont get tear gas in them, unlike you, you wannabe-anarchist-pussy.

[tylerleebash]

wrong again - i'm not anarchist, nor am i wanna-be. you are just horribly retarded to think that the majority of protesters were "anarchists" and you clearly just want to cause problems via comments. you're just too stupid to enter into any sort of intelligent conversation so you resort to verbally assaulting certain people. good luck with that.

[unclearless]

Did that BITCH really just say you need a permit to protest!!!???? Somebody needs to read the fucking constitution!!!!

[bluefootedpig]

didn't you hear? you need permits to protest now-a-days. Glad people are kept informed. Pisses me off that people are able to vote yet dont' even realize their rights are being taken away day by day.

[oceanfrontarchitect]

total tyranny. Obama has committed high treason and the public is fickle. Looks like we're fucked.

[PlaydoughRoses]

If you were in charge of protecting these world leaders, you would be a little crazy about security too...

Also, does anybody else realize how quickly things get dramatized and exaggerated when this stuff happens. Nobody was shot in these protests... not with anything more lethal than a stun gun probably. But I doubt the world leaders even turned to glance at these kind of actions.

[tylerleebash]

too bad that the people they were supposedly protecting were nowhere near the sites where police brutality occurred.

[tylerleebash]

also, countless people were beaten with batons and shot with rubber bullets, on top of being OC and teargassed, for no reason whatsoever. they also used the LRAD sound weapons for the FIRST TIME on US soil. the LRAD weapons have been previously used on insurgents in iraq and afghanistan. welcome to the police state of amerika.

[tylerleebash]

i live in pittsburgh so don't start talking about "dramatized and exaggerated"

[whitman3kids]

holy crap! i dont even know what the heck g20 is but i read an article that said police shot a kid ridin a scooter down the street. ive come to admire the police but now i think there just plain trigger happy! i mean my trigger finger is icthy all the time but police are just like "wow look at that guy he is prettier than my boy... im gonna shoot him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[150133]

Last time I checked this was the united states of america. Freedom of speech extends from sea to sea. When did you need a permit to voice an opinion? Total tyranny, total police state.

[AetherWisp]

Police & military are known to dress and black and pose as anarchists and start the damage. The police see this as an effective way to get the protestors out of the protests are peaceful.

Do a bit of research.

[JanuaryJackOLantern]

Maybe it's different in the US but in Canada police in this situation are authorized to arrest ONLY those committing violence. Meaning, one guy throwing a bottle isn't a blank check to attack the whole crowd. Not that our cops follow the law either...

Free speech is done friends.

[shadowdom999]

Damages when the G20 was held in Seattle -3 Million

Damages in Pittsburgh - $50,000

I will take my protesters law abiding with permits.

[tylerleebash]

It is unconstitutional to require a permit for a peaceful assembly. maybe look into things before forming an invalid conclusion.

[bluefootedpig]

maybe you should keep up with current law. In order to protest in public, you need to either have a permit or be in a free speech zone. This was passed less than a year ago i believe. Search it on youtube, and you can find the law number.

[tylerleebash]

nah. maybe you should be aware of natural rights.

[Amousanon]

as far as your new law about free speech zones and what not being passed a year ago....it is an unconstitutional law. or do you not believe in what our country was founded on? and secondly, it should disgrace any proud american to stand up for, and defend such a law!

[bighead1016]

You have a right to free speach, the thing that people don't understand is that you don't have the right to block the streets. My nephew lives near Bloomfield and his 10 year old son had a seizure. The 911 operator told him the medics couldn't get through to them and that he would have to take him to the hospital himself. He carried him ovr 10 blocks to Childrens hospital.

[stillrob420]

umm we pay for the streets, they are public streets, we can do what we want on them. i dont see police in riot gear handing out tickets in a traffic jam! they are blocking the street arent they? u make me sick, FUCK YOU

[bighead1016]

Wow you are a tough guy.

[bighead1016]

I pay for the steets too. Thats why laws are written and passed.  We have freedom of speech but you can't yell fire in a crowded space. We have a right to carry guns but we can't just go shooting them any where we want. With freedom comes responsibility. If you want to discuss this, great but I see you just like to call names and make threats.

[bluefootedpig]

oh, i believe in the freedoms of the people. But that doesn't change it is a law that you can be thrown in jail for. I think it is crap and i'm sure one day people will take to the streets.

I also have learned to dislike any law enforcement for enforcing such a law.

But that doesn't change the fact that it is a law and thus illegal.

[stillrob420]

if its against teh Bill of Rights its not legal. bottom line, we dont get our rights from the govt pal. have you ever even read teh Constitution ? of teh bill of rights?

[bluefootedpig]

You can say whatever you want about whatever rights you have, but the simple fact is if they wanted to, they can lock you up and take all your rights away. Rights are given to you by those in power, and while you may think you have them, unless you are dying for them, then you have no rights. The vast majority do not use their rights and therefore do not care if they are taken away.

While the constitution may say whatever, it doesn't matter when they make you disappear.

[stillrob420]

thought processes liek your are the problem today.

[bluefootedpig]

not seeing the problem with my thought process. It is the truth. Take any prisoner in jail, locked up and ask him if he is allowed to bear arms in jail? what about ability to speak out and hold protests? nope, inmates dont get those rights.

So when they arrest you, and imprison you even under a false verdict, you still lose your rights. There are innocent people in jail, whom dont have rights.

So what makes you different? They throw you in jail you lose all your rights too.

[stillrob420]

difference is, im not going to jail.

[bluefootedpig]

except you are. Because reguardless of what you say, they can still throw you in jail. Do you not read? do not listen? all the people who are taken away and tortured then later let go? Where are those peoples rights? and what ended up happening? nothing.

So you will go to jail, and while in jail you can complain all you want.

Tell you what, look up tax law. There is no legal tax law for you to pay income tax to the federal government, but if you dont pay, you still go to jail. Look it up.

[stillrob420]

ill never go

[bluefootedpig]

I don't think you understand, you don't have a choice. Tell you what, next time you speed, and a cop pulls you over, just ignore him and keep driving and see where it takes you. You can claim you have the freedom and liberty to enjoy higher speeds, but it wont matter what you say, or if the law is legal or not, the will arrest you.

I really would like to know where you think you get this super human strength to fight off 100 police in "not going"

[stillrob420]

dont need strength i got bullets

[TexasWatch223]

Stupid News (propaganda) Reader! What ever happened to journalism? The police are not there to prevent violence, they are there to enforce martial law and prevent any exercise of constitutionally guaranteed rights. The only violence I have seen reported is that perpetrated by the gestapo, err I mean Pittsburg police,

with a few active duty military, just to see if we'll sit by and watch posse comitatus go down the drain just like the rest of the constitution.

[jdorman82]

First, the news reports makes it seem like the protesters are way out of line!! You people out there who don't care about your right, and just go with the flow, then when this world collapses and you aren't allowed to pick up your sunday paper cause the gov't doesnt' want you to know anything....then you'll want those ppl. smashing some windows i'm sure.

[ppazz1101]

Hahahaha... right.  Keep dramatizing.

[WorthWatchingVv]

let them think they are winning all they want, because when they actually piss us off, they'll know it because of the bloodshed and anger. we can't be stopped, we can't be ordered, we can't be defeated at that point.

[ppazz1101]

Ooooh... I'm so scared.

[ppazz1101]

As a Pittsburgher myself, I'm glad they had such a show of force against these idiots. These protesters smashed windows and destroyed property around the city. What do you want us as a city and a community to do? Get real. When these so-called protesters stop just being attention whores and actually do something for their cause, then I'll respect them. Until then, they're just idiots causing trouble and looking for attention.

[BinaryNinja]

Oh yeah, two or three people broke some glass. Lets take it out on everyone. Great logic. The terrorists have won. They're called the police, military and government.

[planetobagirl]

They "terrorists" are the New ( Old ) World Order!!! They've been waging wars for years and laughing all the way to the bank , while enslaving us further . People need to stand up to this .. this is clearly out of the pages of the book "1984 "

[ppazz1101]

Hahahahahaha... you're such a drama queen. Were you in Pittsburgh? Because it was more than two or three people... and it was more than just "some" glass. It included over 12 businesses... and local businesses... not national chains. Get a life... or better yet, get a job. You're a drain on society and a drain on my tax money. What a waste of life.

[iclightgrl]

You'll have to pardon us if Pittsburgh doesn't have sympathy after you smash our windows and mess up our fair city. We've seen it before; we're not particularly thrilled about what you're doing. Especially, considering we got shot at to allow you to do... whatever it is you think you're doing.

[sharlylpn]

I watched all the videos and I didn't see any protesters doing what your'e saying. Almost everyone that got tear gassed were just standing there. There was an old man about to pass out from the pepper spray and tear gas while a couple of students helped him. we're getting closer and closer to becoming a communist country. What they did was uncalled for and it burns me up to see the direction this country is going.

[Amarx00]

0:50 - "this is considered an illegal protest"

Wellcome to the future, can hardly beleive this is american.

[jdyson76]

Wow... I love the biased news making them sound like "violent" people...  Anything to justify the chipping away of freedom!... I'm sorry I didn't attend either...

[kannibees]

im so sorry for not attending this

[pinball281]

once again bbc news just said its a new world order thats the main stream media still in denial of the evil egsistance??

[1974mjc]

Last night on news night it was called THE NEW WORLD ORDER they had the text for the background - it has now mmoved into 'official' existance

[WeAreTruth09]

The lady stated that protesting permits were not handed out - so it was illegal... do we really need to believe that?! It's AMERICA! America where we have the right to freedom of speech - protesting is expressing our first admendmant!

[gco92flowww]

so you go and fuck up life for the rest of us?

[WeAreTruth09]

Is that what I said? It's our freedom and our RIGHT to express how we feel - we do not need to be permitted to do so - it's in the CONSTITUTION....do you want your future or your family to grow up without rights? Because that is what I am getting from it.

[adrenaline486]

These assholes come to our town and destroy our property. I don't give a shit what their cause is, they have no business being here. Not to mention protesting hasn't accomplished a damn thing since oh I don't know... the 60's. Here's a clue for the protesters; bathe, get an education and try using the system instead of being dumbasses and trying to fight it.

[dapuma71]

no surprise, now the video is blacked out and if you are lucky you will get audio....suppression at its finest.

[docdetroit2006]

I still see the vid.

[sbainesmiller]

I live in Lawrenceville and it was just an annoyance that I couldn't get home from work. I had no clue and still have no clue what the hell they were protesting and why they felt it necessary to break some of the windows in my neighborhood. Do you really think Obama and the other 19 leaders give a rat's ass about a Boston Market?! No. The only people you are hurting are the hard working people of Lawrenceville. Oh and protestors? Your number's are pathetic.

[wade2bosh]

wearing black hooded cloaks like the kkk ... or better yet...death eaters....just goes to show you where their hearts are.

[wanabyastick]

If police take an oath to defend the constitution but then help support an administration that says you need a permit to exercise a right guaranteed you in the constitution wouldn't that be concidered giving aid to the enemy? treason? if this is not a topic that can be brought to trial then it is a citizens duty to defy and remove the gov. that is clearly an enemy of the constitution by other means.

[docdetroit2006]

AMEN!!!!! Where is the award for BEST POST!!!!

RIght ON!

Thats what I am talking about!

[KojiroJames]

I haven't seen any so-called "rocks."

[chriswoollet]

I love how when average americans protested overtaxation and government control there was NO violence and no clashing with police. Yet, when this marxist fanatics following their half-wit propaganda go out and trash everything and attack the police with rocks I read people on here justifying it and you don't see it splashed all over the news. Liberalism is a mental disorder. Obviously these degenerates have a severe case of it

[danimal9579]

Well put...Savage should've done his show from Pittsburgh today.

[Amousanon]

yeah. because everyone who is against bankers, whom were never appointed to do so, controlling the entire world is a liberal, marxist, degenerate! fuk yer freedom, right?

[HankLandMan]

They practically had the workers at the Boston Market store, where they smashed ALL of the windows, in tears. WTF purpose does that serve? These people don't care about rights, they just want to smash shit.

[SLAKILLA]

Why don't the riot police ever come out when the islamic fanatics are out on the streets causing rukus?!

[awakened1]

and how long are we the people supposed to sit by as the NWO does as they please? Non violence should be the way, BUT... Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make Violent revolution inevitable... Time is running out

WE THE PEOPLE.... not the corporations and corrupt UN / NWO Puppet Governments

[wade2bosh]

you cant coerce people to change...thats not "non violence"...people will change for the long term if they themselves choose to change voluntarily...THIS WAS NOT A PEACEFUL PROTEST...hypocrites.

[awakened1]

And what those who sit in their ivory towers do is just and right, like the G-20? I agree things should be non violent as long as possible, but at some point things are going to tip, as THEY push with their legislation and New World Order laws, they lust for power and greed and do not hide their intentions. Sooner or later WE THE PEOPLE will have to resist , and time is short.... Will they peaceful, are they peaceful in what they do around the world , UN thugs, Gangsters, they are not peaceful

[bristolsdjcubed]

Armed forces dressed as police ARE NOT POLICE... THEY ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION!~

[HankLandMan]

Those fuckers broke windshields and windows, and defaced property. SHOW THAT. They deserve to get gassed.

[slappy09]

What about those who are meeting and breaking the dollar?...do you think they should be gassed also?

[HankLandMan]

What does vandalism do? Nothing. When you talk to most of these people, they have no idea what they are "fighting" for. I know, I've spent the last week with them.

[videogeek27]

Hell yea these idiots deserve to be gassed. Throwing rocks and damaging property does nothing to promote any ideological agenda, it just makes them look like the jackasses they are.

You want to protest, do it peacefully, but if you are going to throw rocks or roll garbage bins towards police you deserve to have a gas can chucked in your face.

[HankLandMan]

Yes I do know because I was there you stupid asswipe. When they were gathering at Arsenal they were bragging about "wrecking shit" and "yeah dude let's fuck this shit up" and were planning what to break. It's total bullshit and those that have legitimate claims are being drowned out. If these people wanted to spread a real message, they wouldn't hide behind masks and vandalize places, then run and hide like the little punk asses they are.

[danimal9579]

It is a bunch of hippie, Che Guevara-worshipping lunatics. They'd get more respect peacefully protesting instead of pushing dumpsters into things and breaking stuff. If they don't like capitalism, then travel abroad!

[lordkoos]

What are you, a NAZI?

Article 1 of the US Constitution:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; OR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO PEACEABLE ASSEMBLE, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

[MrsSarb]

I think the key word is Peaceable. They are smashing windows and stuff like that. But yeah that's a LOT of police!

[Amousanon]

if one person breaks a window you should gas the whole lot of em and beat the shit out of as many as possible right? because that is what i am hearing. so then when someone in your town robs a bank, that makes the thousands of people in the vicinity bad and they should all be gassed and beat!

[danimal9579]

I'm a rationalist.

What are you, a MORON?

While you are right about this being a First Amendment right, most cities require a permit so traffic and crowd problems can be avoided as much as possible. Cities have been requiring this for years...this is nothing new. Get with the times.

[EEDWAYANMAY]

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

[damonteufel]

"peaceably to assemble" - destruction of private and public property does not peaceable make.

[nacyrmikyan]

thanks for the news

[danimal9579]

Bunch of morons...they deserved to get gassed and sprayed.

[slappy09]

So you are for the police who are protecting those who are meeting about devaluing the dollar and destroying the U.S. economy? You believe they should be home sitting on their ass like you watching American Idol, WWE, NFL, The Simpsons and alike as the country is being destroyed by international bankers. I hope you're first in line for you swine flu shot.

[joyintended]

Great Comment slappy09!!

WAKE UP America!!! Turn off the F'n TV and think!!! The Internet is available now for research so there is no excuse for not listening, learning, and THINKING!! Do you really know your history?? or have you been brainwashed to believe what they want you to believe. Stop being lazy. Your future is at stake.

[shadowdom999]

Sir, I believe you should quit feeding your internet delusions and possibly think yourself. Your kind always accuse anyone who does not believe your delusions as crazy and that we must be saved from ourselves.

[joyintended]

excuse me, did you write this crap to me shadowdom? My comment was totally appropriate and I stand by it. I never said you were crazy for not thinking, I said lazy. I never said you needed to be saved from yourself. Apparently not everyone needs their freedom. I'll take your share, you don't seem to have any use for it.

[danimal9579]

I support the police. I don't support the U.N. and these G20 meetings. It's a waste of money and a lot of hot air. I also don't support unlawful, anarchist protesters who break windows and create chaos. Greed wasn't the only component that lead to the collapse of the world economy.