Pittsburgh's G-20 Police State

This video was taken Wednesday September 23rd the day before the G-20 summit began in Pittsburgh over a span of an hour. The police and military deployment numbers were compounded by the fact that there was so few regular people in downtown Pittsburgh due to the fear people had of protesters tearing up the city. The irony was that all around the city are signs that say, Pittsburgh Welcomes the World yet the intimidating presence of so many police had the exact opposite effect. When we came across the bridge into downtown, police immediately began to take our pictures, which is why I used a song I record called Watch Em featuring K-Link as the soundtrack. As I write this police are firing tear gas at a protesters marching without a permit. Crazy.

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[MetacarpiTremula]

The police are the most violent and dangerous gang in the country.

[PompousFlea]

Can't wait till these banksters meet in L.A.

[Haloman1126]

@PompousFlea Save some for the rest of us.

[arumdevil]

@Ponteptone oh well if you were there and you say it was necessary then that changes everything.

[JohnnieNaked]

@Ponteptone Who gives a shit? Everyone is supposed to be equal. Maybe if these people were acting in our best interest in a moral and reasonable way they wouldn't need so much goddamn security! Makes you wonder why they are so fucking paranoid they need militarized police to protect them from hippies!!!!!?

[apache249]

These cops are nothing compared to russian cops. Those guys are no joke!

[BushBlewUpTwinTowers]

the red coats are coming

[skateride]

@Ponteptone what they did was not. there was not one bit of chaos yet they threw tear gas at people just stading around.

[Ponteptone]

Ok listen dudes the massive number of police and soldiers was neccesary. Some of the worlds wealthiest nations had there leaders there. I was at the G20 and it was all neccesary

[brownsugar15068]

you lyrically murdered that beat 5 stars

[venuecam]

I'm thinking the decorum of "to serve and protect" only applies to corporations and world leaders now?

[lonchecaliente]

i love police, vaccines, war, and suffering.. hurray!!!