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This is footage taken on September 22, 2009 the day before the G-20 Summit officially hit Pittsburgh. This video shows the incredible extent the City of Pittsburgh went to lock down the city and prevent anyone, especially protesters, from coming into downtown. With metal fences surrounding it’s perimeter Pittsburgh has once again become the City of Steel. The Legendary Jimi Hendrix provides the theme music.
I am just arriving in Pittsburgh this Friday morning as folks are gearing up for this morning’s huge protest which starts around 12 noon. Just spoke to my man Paradise Gray of X-Clan and One Hood who has been on the ground covering the haps like there’s no tomorrow. He just alerted me to two disturbing things... First, the police used some sort of ‘noise weapon’ on crowds yesterday. You can see it pictured on top of the tank in the photo below. It’s a loud irritating noise and makes people want to leave an area almost immediately. We will gather more information on this later today...