Law enforcement officials have, over the past decade, used gatherings of national and international leaders as license to suspend civil liberties. During the recent G-20 Summit, Pittsburgh proved to be no exception. The city was transformed into a police state where our most cherished freedoms, especially the freedom to dissent, were subject to the martial law-type tactics I witnessed behind the Iron Curtain. More...
The Citizens Police Review Board says it wants to hear from the more than 200 people that were arrested during the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, but also plans to hold a hearing with officials to find out why police were trained to act the way the did. [ 
Police say it was a humane way to stop advancing demonstrators during the G-20 Summit, but protestors call L-RAD a frightening weapon.
Police ordered protesters to disperse at the Group of 20 summit last week with a device that can beam earsplitting alarm tones and verbal instructions that the manufacturer likens to a "spotlight of sound," but that legal groups called potentially dangerous.