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Complaints Surfacing [Pittsburgh City Paper]

The large G-20 police presence has brought a number of complaints, including those by women who say they were sexually harassed.  More...

Disorder in the Court [Pittsburgh City Paper]

After more than 30 hearings for those arrested during last month's G-20 summit, one thing came through loud and clear: The new tool police hoped would make crowd dispersal easier -- a mobile PA system capable of broadcasting at painfully loud volumes -- actually made things more confusing.  More...

Image Problem [Pittsburgh City Paper]

kevin devriesSome 200 people were arrested during G-20-related protests. Among them were several people trying to document the events -- either for established media outlets, or for "indymedia" enterprises and other projects.  More...

Arrested Developments [Pittsburgh City Paper]

The oddest fact about the 190 arrests during G-20 week: the more distant the summit, the more frequent the arrests.  More...

Will Anarchists Reign in Pittsburgh at the G-20? [Time.com]

By Marty Levine / Pittsburgh Thursday, Sep. 24, 2009

The anarchists came to Pittsburgh to prepare to disrupt the G-20 Summit. But they quickly saw signs that made them believe that someone, or some entity, was prepared for them too. "Obviously, repression has already started," Pittsburgh anarchist Alex Bradley told a gathering of anti-authoritarians — the Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project — in a closed-door meeting on Sept. 20.  More...

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