Mostly Pitt students cheering over Obama's win in Oakland, PA streets

Election day, 2008. I post this now because the contrast between these students (peacefully, but completely blocking the streets of Oakland) and the ones on Friday, September 25 who were congregating to protest police action during the Pittsburgh G-20 is quite enlightening. One group was allowed to run all over Oakland and entirely block the streets, the other was gassed, attacked, and arrested (as were bystanders.) I guess you're only allowed to congregate at night if you're celebrating an authority figure. If you're peacefully demonstrating against cops, well, see lots of horrible videos from that night.

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