Know Your Rights: Protesting at the G-20
This pamphlet provides only general advice about your right to protest. If you have specific questions about your rights before the G-20, contact the ACLU at 412-681-7736.
***To report a violation of rights or request legal help during the week of G-20, call the ACLU’s G-20 hotline at 412-562-5015***
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When Pittsburgh police ordered an Oakland crowd to disperse hours after the Sept. 25 end of the G-20 summit and then arrested scores of people, they marched down a path that has led other cities into lawsuits and seven-figure settlements.
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.