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Pittsburgh Is Burning [Protest]

Source: Gawker

Pittsburgh : PA : USA | 2 months ago

Protesters at the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh have been met my an overwhelming and thoroughly militarized police response. Here's a video gallery of some on-the-ground confrontations yesterday and overnight. Protesters at events like these are in many cases self-defeating and deliberately confrontational....

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Thousands opposed to G-20 march in Pittsburgh

News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner | 2 months ago

AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Demonstrators carrying Palestinian flags participate in a joint protest held by several groups in Pittsburgh, Friday Sept. 25, 2009. A few thousand demonstrators pledging nonviolence banged drums, danced and held signs...
Pittsburgh Is Burning [Protest]

News Source: Gawker | 2 months ago

Protesters at the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh have been met my an overwhelming and thoroughly militarized police response. Here's a video gallery of some on-the-ground confrontations yesterday and overnight. Protesters at events like these are in many...
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News Source: Epoch Times | 2 months ago

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News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner | 2 months ago

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News Source: Voice of America | 2 months ago

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News Source: Democracy Now | 2 months ago

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