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Citizen Review Board considers Oakland for hearing [Pitt News]

The Citizen Police Review Board plans to hold a public hearing concerning the G-20 Summit-related arrests in Oakland, but the University’s feelings about the meeting are unclear.  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...

CMU attends G-20 hearings, Pitt passes [Pitt News]

When several CMU students appeared in court last week for hearings related to the G-20 Summit, University administrators accompanied them for support.  More...

Citizens Police Review Board Plans Hearing Over G-20 Protester Treatment [WTAE-TV]

wtae thumbThe 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. [ Watch video ]  More...

[CPRB] Hearing scheduled on G-20 arrests [Post-Gazette]

The city's Citizen Police Review Board last night tentatively scheduled a Nov. 10 hearing, ideally to be held on the University of Pittsburgh campus, to hear the complaints of students arrested during last month's protests of the G-20 summit.  More...

The Post G-20 Campaign for Justice and Accountability

October 27, 2009 by Pete Shell

In the aftermath of the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh and the accompanying police repression, brutality, and assaults on our constitutional rights, many activists – both long-time and new – have come together to create a broad-based campaign for justice and accountability.  More...

Updates on G20 Arrests [Rustbelt Radio]

Pittsburgh Indymedia's Rustbelt Radio has an audio report of the hearings and comments from the arrestees. Listen now [ogg file].

G-20 arrestees line up before judges [Post-Gazette]

police pitt towersA 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.  More...

G-20 policing called overzealous [Tribune-Review]

A majority of the dozens of people who appeared before the Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board on Tuesday evening complained that police were overzealous and violated the rights of protesters and innocent bystanders during the G-20 summit  More...

Some arrested during G-20 make deals, others fight charges [Post-Gazette]

The Municipal Courts Building was a hive of activity this morning, with at least 91 hearings scheduled for people swept up in arrests during the G-20 summit.  More...

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