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[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...

Lawyers spar with police over arrests [Post-Gazette]

A line of police officers and a line of lawyers faced off at Pittsburgh Municipal Court yesterday, quarreling over why more than 100 people were arrested in the streets of Oakland on the final day of the G-20 summit.  More...

Citizen Police Review Board hears G-20 arrest complaints, stories [Pitt News]

Pitt students and community members gathered last night in Lawrenceville to speak out against police behavior during last month’s G-20 Summit.  More...

Police gassed students on second-floor patio of residence hall during G-20 [Pitt News]

By Lindsay Carroll / PittNews Assistant News Editor
published: Mon, 19 Oct, 2009

It was around 10:20 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24 — the first of two days that Pitt’s campus would see police and protesters face off during the G-20 Summit protests.  More...

Pitt students to catch break in G-20 arrests [Tribune-Review]

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.  More...

Chicago police conduct at G-20 summit in Pittsburgh under investigation [Chicago Tribune]

chicago police trophyChicago police are investigating a video of officers who allegedly forced a college student to pose with them after his arrest during last month's G-20 summit in Pittsburgh.  More...

Chicago Police Take "Trophy" Photo with Arrested University of Pittsburgh Student at G-20 Summit

October 15, 2009 by david meieran

On Friday evening, September 25, 2009, the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) campus was the setting for a massive police riot involving numerous law enforcement agencies from across the country - and this after the G-20 Summit had already ended. Police beat, gassed, blasted and arrested more than 100 people, including Pitt student Kyle Kramer, who the Chicago Police forced to kneel in front of police for an "trophy" photograph.  More...

Charges dropped against PG reporter arrested during G-20 [Post-Gazette]

The Allegheny County district attorney's office has dropped charges against a Post-Gazette reporter arrested while covering a protest in Oakland during the G-20 summit.  More...

G20: A Full Story [Pitt News]

pitt video thumbnaiilThe Pitt News attempts to correlate all the video, photos, and reporting about the G20 demonstrations over the past two weeks in one 12 minute piece. Some questions will be answered, more will be raised.  More...

CMU students arrested during G20 protests [The Tartan]

On Sept. 26, several Carnegie Mellon students, along with other Pittsburgh community members, were arrested by Pittsburgh police and charged with disturbing the peace.  More...

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