Jasiri X: Pittsburgh, the Police and the G20
Submitted by Southern Shift on Sat, 2009-08-29 02:46
We sat down with Pittsburgh rap star Jasiri X who talked to us about all that was going on the city as they have been getting prepared for the upcoming G20 Summit.
Jasiri talked in great detail about the police department and how they have been making practice runs for the upcoming summit, in the Black community.
He talked about how the police have been showing up in the hood with army tanks and extra man power even though several officers have been killed in in neighborhoods outside the hood. Pittsburgh is becoming apolice state with all sorts of laws restricting people's movements being put into place
Jasiri talked about how officers have been put on notice that if they leak out any information about security plans for the upcoming G20 Summit, they will be terminated. Sadly no officer has been terminated for committing acts of brutality.
He noted how the city has been hiring police outside the city of Pittsburgh and how its caused a lot of tension and unrest.
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