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Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Judge: Pittsburgh police must provide G-20 reports

Pittsburgh police must release to a citizen review board documents related to officer conduct during last year's Group of 20 economic summit, an Allegheny County judge ruled Thursday. Senior Common Pleas Judge R. Stanton Wettick ordered Chief Nate Harper to comply with a request from the Citizen Police Review Board to turn over the reports for its investigation of how police dealt with protesters during the Sept. 24-25 summit. [Read more]

Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: City police fight release of G-20 records

An Allegheny County judge on Monday heard more arguments about releasing documents related to police conduct during last year's G-20 economic summit. [Read more]

Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Pitt students to catch break in G-20 arrests

Most of the University of Pittsburgh students arrested during G-20 protests will have the opportunity to clear their records, Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. said Thursday. But what's unclear is how many will have to perform 50 hours of community service in order to get the charges dropped. [Read more]

Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: During G-20, police linked with texting

Pittsburgh police were all thumbs when it came to tracking protesters' movements during the Group of 20 summit. Authorities used a secure, group text-messaging service offered for free to the city by start-up company Nixle to coordinate communication among the estimated 5,700 officers used for the summit. Radio broadcasts alone wouldn't have been enough, said Lt. Charles Rodriguez. [Read more]

Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Pittsburgh police say many benefits gained after preparing for G-20

Pittsburgh police say they will continue to benefit from the millions of dollars spent to prepare for the Group of 20 summit. "We spent months getting ready for this and it was a lot of preparation, but we'll see the dividends of that for a long time to come," Public Safety Director Michael Huss said. "It was invaluable to us." Huss said the summit forced the city to upgrade equipment and undergo hundreds of hours of civil disturbance training from the Department of Homeland Security. [Read more]

Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Pittsburgh police play it safe when using Long Range Acoustic Device

Pittsburgh police stuck to the lowest volume setting on a long-range hailing system they used to order protesters to disperse during the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh, SWAT team officers said during a demonstration of the device Thursday. Known as the Long Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD, police officers turned the highly focused loudspeaker on a group of reporters and television cameras gathered in the police headquarters parking lot for a demonstration. [Read more]

Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: New York pair accused of directing protesters during G-20 in Pittsburgh

State police have accused two anarchists from New York of using cell phones and the Internet messaging service Twitter to direct the movements of protesters during the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh. [Read more]

Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: G-20 summit protests expected to remain peaceful

Some University of Pittsburgh sociologists expect this week's Group of 20 summit protests and demonstrations to be peaceful — despite police preparations for disruptions and media reports of violence at similar events. Pitt's Department of Sociology, which specializes in social movements, plans a panel discussion focusing on Pittsburgh's G-20 protests at noon Wednesday, said Professor Kathleen Blee, the department's chair. [Read more]

Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Judge backs Pittsburgh on protester camps, rally but not Point State Park event

Pittsburgh can't keep anti-war protesters out of Point State Park in the days before next week's Group of 20 economic summit, but a rally on the Seventh Street Bridge and overnight encampments in city parks are off-limits, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Six groups sued last week, seeking an injunction against the city to allow for more freedom where people can gather during the international meeting at David L. Lawrence Convention Center. [Read more]

Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Even G-20 protests may buck Pirates

The demonstrators should seriously consider buying their tickets in advance. [Read more]

Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Authorities warn of chaotic Oakland during G-20 summit

Authorities in Oakland today warned business owners that anti-Group of 20 protesters have targeted stores for vandalism. [Read more]

Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Lawsuit threatened in Pittsburgh over G-20 protest permits

Concerned that Mayor Luke Ravenstahl plans to turn Pittsburgh into a "veritable ghost town" during the Group of 20 economic summit, leaders of dozens of organizations gave the administration until Friday to approve protest permits or face a lawsuit. [Read more]

Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Pittsburgh grants permits to demonstrators planning to protest G-20 summit

The city granted eight permits to groups demanding to protest the Group of 20 economic summit, but placed restrictions on where and when demonstrators can gather, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said Friday. By approving all applications the city has received, Ravenstahl said he hopes to gain the cooperation of groups, whose plans to sleep in public parks and demonstrate too close to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center could lead to citations or arrests. [Read more]

Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Would-be demonstrators want permits to march during G-20 summit

Unless their demands to legally demonstrate Downtown are met, groups planning to protest the Group of 20 summit vowed Tuesday night to strike back at elected leaders' attempts to recast the city as a tolerant town open to international business. [Read more]

Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Restrictions anger G-20 protest planners

Anger is rising among demonstrators denied permits to protest next month's Group of 20 economic summit. A coalition of anti-war groups led by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and Code Pink met Monday at the Thomas Merton Center in Garfield to revamp plans scuttled by the use of Point State Park as a command center by the Secret Service and Pittsburgh police. [Read more]

Pittsburgh G-20 Archive: Permit denial wouldn't daunt G-20 protesters' planned march

A protest march is planned from Oakland to Downtown on the second day of the Group of 20 summit, even as the city warns participants they might not get permission for it from the Secret Service, organizers said Sunday. [Read more]



 

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