Police fire tear gas at G-20 protesters in Pittsburgh
September 25th, 2009 - 3:51 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Pittsburgh, Sep 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Police clashed with the unpermitted anti-capitalist protest march G-20 protestors on the streets of Pittsburgh. The police had to resort to tear gas and pepper spray to try to disperse the crowd, after the protesters barricaded the street as well.
According to news agency reports, officers made their announcement over a loudspeaker telling people to leave or face arrest or “other police action.”
The police authorities were ready for trouble on the eve of the G-20 summit, officers ordered several hundred protesters from a group which calls itself the G20 Project Resistance to stop their protest march, which the police said was not sanctioned by the city.
Protesters paid no heed to the police warnings and are reported to have turned violent, overturning six rubbish bins that were being used to barricade the street and rolling them with speed towards the police. Some protesters are also said to be using pallets and corrugated steel to block a road.
Leaders of the all the G20 nations, including US President and other high profile dignitaries, began arriving in Pittsburgh after the end of the UN General Assembly in New York. The two-day summit is aimed at shoring up the world economy and tightening rules after the financial crisis, so as to prevent further economic melt-downs.
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