Your search term "'Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'" returned 46 result(s)Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: More than 100 city police officers honoredOther honorees included Officer Caytlin Wood, who was off-duty in December when she chased and arrested a man who tried to steal her car at gunpoint; Detective John McBurney, whose undercover drug buys in July ended in the arrests of a couple who were dealing heroin in Lawrenceville; and a team of officers who infiltrated protest groups during the G-20 summit, seeking information for security purposes. Among their strategies, Officers William Churilla, Johnny Ficorilli, Kevin Merkel, David Lincoln, and Dawn Mercurio created fake Facebook and Twitter accounts to gather information on protest plans that officials said helped keep police and protesters safe. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Chief ordered to give police review board G-20 reports Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper must give the Citizen Police Review Board detailed reports related to dozens of arrests and police operations during the G-20 summit, a judge ruled Thursday, a decision the board's director said reaffirms its power to study broad issues of police and community relations. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Security costs for G-20 summit come in under budget, mayor says The G-20 summit of world leaders cost the city of Pittsburgh $12.24 million -- lower than the council-approved budget, and within expected reimbursements by federal and state agencies, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said Monday. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Charges withdrawn against 2 who Twittered police location The Allegheny County District Attorney has dropped all charges against two New York men accused of posting locations of police officers on Twitter during the G-20 summit. [Read more] Text: G-20 arrestees line up before judges More than 100 show up in court to make deals, plead their case or fight charges A parade of college students marched through the Municipal Courts Building yesterday to explain why they were caught up in mass arrests following the G-20 summit, and District Judge Kevin E. Cooper played the role of a scolding parent. "Young lady, you made a bad judgment," he told Jocelyn Petyak, 21, a Pitt senior who was arrested on the night of Sept. 25 in Oakland and charged with failure to disperse and disorderly conduct. "You should have left your friends and gotten your butt out of there." [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Charges dropped against PG reporter arrested during G-20 The Allegheny County district attorney's office has dropped charges against a Post-Gazette reporter arrested while covering a protest in Oakland during the G-20 summit. Sadie Gurman, 24, was one of more than 100 people, including many students and several other journalists, swept up by police on the night of Sept. 25 near Pitt's Cathedral of Learning. She had been charged with failure to disperse and disorderly conduct. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Lawsuits would make city the latest test case When Pittsburgh police ordered an Oakland crowd to disperse hours after the Sept. 25 end of the G-20 summit and then arrested scores of people, they marched down a path that has led other cities into lawsuits and seven-figure settlements. Witold "Vic" Walczak, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, said his group is "carefully considering" litigation over the mass arrests in Oakland amid allegations that police violated people's constitutional rights. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: LRAD lets police have loudest word Of the many voices shouting for attention on the streets of Pittsburgh during the G-20 summit, one voice dominated with a controversial yet simple message: "By order of Pittsburgh chief of police, I hereby declare this an unlawful assembly. I order all those assembled to immediately disperse." On the first day of the summit, Pittsburgh police unveiled the Long Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD, a sophisticated speaker system that can blast a clear, recorded dispersal order and be heard up to a quarter-mile away. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: N.Y. man to stand trial on charges related to G-20 protests After Allen Weber hurled a smoke grenade back at police during a G-20 protest in Oakland last month, he threw his hands in the air "like he had just scored a touchdown." A large crowd then cheered. City police Officer Brian Nicholas, of the SWAT team, described the scene yesterday at Mr. Weber's preliminary hearing in Pittsburgh Municipal Court. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Men arrested for G-20 Twittering say it's free speech Police claim tweets aided protesters' criminal activity The quick evolution of technology has changed the way Americans do almost everything, including how law enforcement combats crime, and consequently, how criminals elude law enforcement. Those two concepts converged during the G-20 summit, when state police arrested two New York men for using Twitter to inform protesters in Pittsburgh about the movements of local officers. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: The reluctant poster boy Pitt student photographed in humiliating pose with police These days, Kyle Kramer finds himself juggling emotions of anger, confusion -- and a strong desire not to become anyone's symbol. But whether he likes it or not, the University of Pittsburgh senior was the focus of one of the most compelling images to come out of last month's G-20 protests on that school's campus -- a grainy video posted on YouTube showing a line of police in riot gear posing for a group photograph, with a young man in handcuffs they'd just arrested, kneeling before them on the street. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Pitt students told to query officials on G-20 People who were on the University of Pittsburgh campus during the G-20 summit said yesterday they had questions about police behavior, and today, they plan to ask those questions. At a peaceful rally last night outside the student union in Oakland, people handed out fliers that listed the phone numbers of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, County Executive Dan Onorato, city police Chief Nate Harper and university Chancellor Mark Nordenberg. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: No stampede and 100 arrests An old saying goes "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." The corollary might be that when police don riot gear, everyone looks like a rioter. I'd written a post-mortem on the G-20 as it was ending Friday, little knowing that duck-duck-goose games would break out among college students in Oakland later. Soon after, police arrested more than 100 people, many of them students as well as a handful of journalists. That stemmed any threat the situation in Schenley Plaza might escalate to Ring Around the Rosie. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: The G-20: a guest with an iron fist Once upon a time, people in Western Pennsylvania knew authoritarianism when they saw it. It had an unmistakable odor about it -- like the smell of Pinkertons and sulfur wafting up from the steel mills of Homestead. It didn't wear makeup or attempt to justify itself with flowers or candy. Authoritarianism used to be honest about its own brutality -- and it didn't care much who noticed. When it looked in the mirror, it recognized its reflection. With a wink and a smile, it exercised its prerogative for violence at the slightest provocation. It kissed its brass knuckles and its twirling baton and expected you to do the same. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: DA to drop charges for 4 Pitt students; reviewing others Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. today said his office would drop charges against at least four University of Pittsburgh students arrested in Oakland protests last week, and his investigators are reviewing the cases of all 190 people arrested during the G-20 summit. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: The G-20 focus is on hindsight The G-20 summit ended Friday, but the debate over the city's handling of protests, crowd control and Downtown security will endure in an internal administration review, a Citizen Police Review Board process, and potentially in courts of law and public opinion. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: List of those arrested during the G-20 in Pittsburgh A list of those arrested during the G-20 from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, including PDF format. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Hundreds clash again with police in Oakland Police in riot gear confronted another crowd of more than 400 students and young people who gathered around Schenley Plaza in Oakland last night in a replay of Thursday night's clash. Early reports estimated 40 protesters were arrested after hundreds of police arrived and dispersed the crowd with a show of force and clouds of OC gas. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Judge rules in city's favor in police-abuse accusations U.S. District Judge Gary Lancaster ruled this afternoon against an immediate injunction against Pittsburgh police on allegations the force has been engaging in systematic attempts to harass and discourage First Amendment activities. The judge said he would not take action to prohibit the police department from doing their jobs as the G-20 summit begins, but that plaintiffs were free to return to court after the summit to pursue their lawsuit for any violations. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: G-20 demonstrations The City of Pittsburgh has granted permits for these demonstrations. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Group planning 'mass march' to disrupt summit Unsanctioned protest sets up possibility for clash with police A group organized to resist the forthcoming G-20 summit in Pittsburgh announced plans for an unsanctioned mass march from Lawrenceville to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on the first day of the meeting, setting up the possibility of a clash with police. The group, calling itself the Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project, is declaring a "People's Uprising, a Sept. 24 mass march to disrupt the G-20 summit," according to a statement on its Web site. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Council OKs limits on items G-20 protesters can use Pittsburgh City Council today voted for a temporary, G-20-driven ordinance that will allow police to cite people for possessing an array of items if they seem to be trying to thwart crowd control. "The use of devices to chain folks together, we want to prevent as much of that as we possibly can," said Public Safety Director Michael Huss, after appearing before council and successfully turning several skeptics into supporters. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: City announces Strip, North Shore G-20 protest areas City officials last night announced two large areas -- one in the Strip, one on the North Shore -- have been established for protests to take place later this month during the G-20 summit. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: G-20 activists looking for vacancies Thousands on way, and city isn't sure where to let them camp They're coming by the thousands, bringing tents or sleeping bags, and the city of Pittsburgh is running out of time to figure out where they might camp, and how close they can get to the G-20 summit. That was the message activists brought to the City-County Building yesterday, as they met with lawyers and demanded answers by today. Later they learned that wearing masks to protests won't subject anyone to citations, but carrying pipes or chains might. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: City sets up protest areas, but protest groups eye lawsuits over permit delays Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Michael Huss this evening said that the city will create two public access sites, where demonstrations will be allowed with or without permits during the Sept. 24-25 G-20 Summit. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: G-20 security perimeter takes shape Secret Service unveils some travel restrictions The Secret Service yesterday offered the first glimpses into its security restrictions for the G-20 summit, unrolling a perimeter plan that will severely curtail pedestrian, vehicle and river travel during the two-day gathering of world leaders. One security perimeter will bar vehicle traffic about three blocks on each side of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, while a second, smaller perimeter will let pedestrians travel much closer, but with serious restrictions. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: ACLU leader praises city's protest efforts Despite differences, dealings with city 'far cry' from '90s One the region's most vocal advocates for civil liberties yesterday praised the Pittsburgh administration's efforts to accommodate the protesters who plan to demonstrate against the upcoming G-20 conference. "They've certainly come a long way in 10 years, and they really deserve commendation," said Witold Walczak, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania. That doesn't mean he or the would-be protesters have ruled out filing a lawsuit against the city for alleged federal rights violations. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: G-20 summit demonstrators bemoan 'fear-mongering' The Secret Service and "fear-mongering" media are using "scare tactics" to undermine civil liberties and keep residents away from Downtown during the upcoming G-20 summit, say members of several groups that plan to demonstrate during the gathering of world leaders. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: G-20 activists want emphasis back on the economy City officials and local media have spent too much time focusing on disputes over protest permits and the possibility of violence during next month's G-20 summit, neglecting the serious economic concerns behind those protests, one group of activists said yesterday in the Hill District. "We're not interested in all the talk about permits and troublemakers," said Larry Holmes, a spokesman for Bail Out the People and a community organizer from New York City. "People are suffering. They need jobs." [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: City expected to respond today to protest permit requests City officials hope to have responses to all pending G-20 protest permit requests sometime today and public safety director Michael Huss said the city also plans to provide an open protest space "within sight and sound" of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. The announcement signaled a possible break in an impasse over the right to protest during the two-day summit of world leaders who will gather here Sept. 24-25 to discuss the global economy. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Protesters, City Council plan next steps for G-20 Pittsburgh City Council could meet Monday to begin reviewing a special slate of legislation regarding the G-20 summit. And opponents of the summit, who have been frustrated in their attempts to get public assembly permits to protest it, will meet today to discuss their next steps. Council is due to be on recess until Aug. 28, but Mayor Luke Ravenstahl requested members return early to approve bills involving funding and public safety measures for the Sept. 24 and 25 meeting of world leaders. The safety measures are said to include bans on masks and equipment protesters can use to stymie police trying to disperse them. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Pittsburgh officials urges residents to start preparing for G-20 City officials preparing for the G-20 summit are saying residents, businesses and employees should start planning in earnest for the late September meeting, but are still not saying exactly what to plan for. No details have been released on which streets in Downtown, Oakland and the North Side will be closed by security or traffic perimeters on Sept. 24 and 25. No word has been formally issued to the nearly 5,000 residents Downtown -- particularly those living near the David L. Lawrence Convention Center -- on how they will pass through security barriers to get home or to work. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: G-20 opponents mapping strategy of protests, lawsuits A coalition of groups opposed to the G-20 met last night to plan what appears to be shaping up as a 21st-century battle for Fort Pitt -- saying the city has blocked plans to protest. Some hinted at civil disobedience, others at civil litigation. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: City planners on G-20: Be prepared ... for something City planners for the G-20 summit said today they want city residents, workers and businesses to start planning in earnest for the late September summit, but could not say exactly what to plan for. Details on exactly what streets will be closed in Downtown, Oakland and the North Side on Sept. 24 and 25 have not been released, nor has information for those living Downtown near the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Stymied G-20 protesters to review options tonight Stymied in their effort to get clearance for everything from a march in the streets to a tent city at Point State Park, opponents of the G-20 have called what they're billing as an emergency civil liberties meeting to sort out options in the face of what they see as stalling by Pittsburgh officials over protest permits. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Groups planning G-20 protests denied permits from city Groups planning to protest the G-20 summit in September are in various stages of organizing, but many are finding their plans to march or assemble for workshops or demonstrations stymied by permit denials from the city. A Women's Coalition, made up of the Pittsburgh chapters of anti-war group Code Pink, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and other groups, wanted to hold a "Women's Tent City," from Sunday, Sept. 20 through Sept. 24 and 25, when the G-20 summit will be held. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Free speech advocates urging police restraint In a City Council hearing yesterday, several free speech advocates argued that police, not protesters, have been responsible for confrontations at other major events on par with September's G-20 gathering of world leaders in Pittsburgh. That has led to multi-million dollar settlements, including $12.8 million paid out by the city of Los Angeles after large immigration rallies there in 2007. After hosting the Republican National Convention in 2004, New York City paid $1.5 million to settle lawsuits. Seattle faced $1 million in settlement costs following the 1999 gathering of the World Trade Organization, an event that saw heated clashes between police and protesters. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Downtown businesses, residents urged to prepare for G-20 Pittsburgh G-20 organizers want Downtown businesses and residents to plan for anticipated summit disruptions and to be ready to change those plans as conditions warrant. "We're going to keep the city open,'' said Michael Huss, the Pittsburgh public safety director, while acknowledging that inevitably, "there will be inconveniences.'' [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Protest groups discuss message, tactics A tent city in Point State Park. An anything-that-floats protest navy in the Allegheny River. A contingent of 192 clergy, each holding a sign of one of the world's sovereign nations. Those were just some of the ideas that bubbled up yesterday at First Unitarian Church in Shadyside during an organizing meeting for groups planning to protest the G-20 world economic leaders' summit here in September. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Group encourages 'mass action,' knowing your rights during G-20 About a dozen people sat in tumbledown couches and chairs, some with heads down, scribbling notes on legal pads, others quietly listening. Last night, the colorful, graffiti-covered gathering space at 5001 Penn Ave. was a classroom of sorts; the evening's lecture: Participating in Mass Action 101. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Police seek One Voice; protesters plan many Pittsburgh police Chief Nate Harper has warned his officers that they face punishment, and possible termination, if they leak information about security plans for September's G-20 summit of world leaders. Chief Harper sent the warning in a memo Tuesday night to all personnel in the Police Bureau after a reporter and a photographer for the Post-Gazette observed about 50 officers practicing crowd-control techniques at a local football field. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Pittsburgh police begin training for G-20 protests Under a brilliant midday sun yesterday, two lines of Pittsburgh police officers, wearing black helmets and wielding white batons, marched in lockstep down a field. They fanned out into a single line of about 50 officers, stretching the width of the field. They raised their batons, moved forward and shouted in unison. It was the second day of training for police officers who will confront crowds of protesters that likely will descend on Pittsburgh during September's G-20 summit of world leaders. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: City could need 4,000 police officers It will be the largest police presence on the streets of Pittsburgh in a generation. Police Chief Nate Harper is hoping to have more than 4,000 officers on hand to provide security for the G-20 summit in September. But Pittsburgh's own police force has just 877 officers, meaning planners will have to look to dozens of other law enforcement agencies to put "boots on the ground" Downtown, where leaders from the world's 20 largest economic powers will gather. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Secret Service to secure G-20 in Pittsburgh Designation puts summit on par with big events Pittsburgh's G-20 summit is now on par with the inauguration of President Barack Obama, the Olympics and the Super Bowl. This week, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano named the September gathering of world leaders a "National Special Security Event," or NSSE, making the Secret Service the lead agency for security preparations. [Read more] Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Secret Service will lead security for G-20 summit The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has named Pittsburgh's G-20 summit in September a "National Special Security Event," meaning the Secret Service will take the lead role in security planning for the gathering of world leaders. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano officially made the designation on Tuesday, according to Special Agent in Charge James Gehr of the Secret Service's Pittsburgh office. [Read more] Text: Pittsburgh approves first round of surveillance cameras Avrio leads one of nine groups of vendors that competed for the city's business. Avrio has won a string of high-profile camera installation jobs lately, including the task of putting up surveillance systems in St. Paul, Minn., for the Republican National Convention, and Denver for the Democratic National Convention. It also got the jobs of posting camera networks in Buffalo, N.Y., and Glendale, Colo. [Read more] |
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