Armed Police marched on the University of Pittsburgh campus after students gathered in hopes of getting a glimpse of Barack Obama at the Phipps Conservatory. There were maybe 20 protesters, and se...
Armed Police marched on the University of Pittsburgh campus after students gathered in hopes of getting a glimpse of Barack Obama at the Phipps Conservatory. There were maybe 20 protesters, and several hundred watching, at first. The police threw tear gas into the crowd, but the crowd reassembled. Later that night the police used serious intimidation techniques, including firing tear gas into crowds, using rubber bullets on students, beating people on the sidewalk with batons, and charging at crowds and arresting those who didn't run fast enough. Also, a new weapon called a Sound Cannon was fired on students, marking one of the first times the weapon has been used in America. (The first time was at a march earlier today, which I was also at.)
Police MARCHED INTO OUR DORMITORIES and told us we needed to get in our rooms immediately or face arrest and expulsion.
These are various snippets of video I took throughout the event.
Later, Deputy Police Chief said that the police were moving against "anarchists" and that "some students" probably got caught up in the action.
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the idiots that see the police as justified are a huge threat to our freedoms and liberty. that kind of ignorance should embarrass them. the people that see footage and still criticize the actual people that had courage enough to record and disseminate this material and laugh and joke about it are going to learn the hard way how stupid they are.
I sent an email to the Pittsburgh Police criticizing their actions on this night. I didn't make any threats, but I believe I reserve the right to criticize such actions. Should I be worried about retaliation from them? And if so, is that right? Should I have to be worried for speaking out on behalf of the way most people feel about this? Show these videos to as many people as possible and see if their reaction is positive or negative toward the actions of the police.
No- you should not be worried about retaliation. You have the right to express your opinion and criticisms. It would be illegal to retaliate, and plus, they have better things to do than to seek you out.
B glad you live in America buddy.The police in mostly all foreign countries don't have restrictions like American police have, letting them do almost anything to anybody. Actually, American police are kept more in line than any other police agency in the world.
And black people still get beat and shot with regularity lol. At least thoseo ther countries' citizens have the balls to go out and fight and clash with their police (Greece and Italy come to mind)
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."
And from George Washington: "If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
"Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. "
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And from George Washington:
"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
"Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. "