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Highlights of the M20 Unpermitted March
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
quinten@indypgh.org
Highlights of the M20 Unpermitted March in a photo essay format.
We joined the crowd just as the march was getting ready to leave the Federal Building...and then we missed them.
Cowboys
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
quinten@indypgh.org
But that was okay, we got to hang out with the cops, and that was pretty cool. There sure were a lot of them.
Sign Disposal
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
quinten@indypgh.org
Here you can see the cops destroying the signs that people had left behind.
We get our own crowd
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
quinten@indypgh.org
We ended up hanging around for about 45 minutes, until the march came back. By that time, we had become a bigger crowd.
And the march returns...
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
quinten@indypgh.org
March loops
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
quinten@indypgh.org
And the march keeps going in another loop around the Federal Building.
Marching downtown
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
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Business Crowd
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
quinten@indypgh.org
We certainly caught a different crowd with this march than that in Oakland or even Shadyside.
Jerk
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
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This is the guy that I believe the Post-Gazette quoted as claiming his car was vandalized without reason. Actually, he rammed his car into at least one protestor in his haste to speed up his commute.
Tail between legs
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
quinten@indypgh.org
Someone decided to try to take off his license plate in retaliation, the only damage that I saw to the car. It was pretty twisted up, but it remained on. You can\'t see it in this shot because the driver has decided that 50 miles an hour is the right speed to travel in the middle of a crowd.
Less Road Rage, Less Headache
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
quinten@indypgh.org
This driver holding up the peace sign was much more typical.
Going into the Southside
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
quinten@indypgh.org
Going over the bridge might have been a mistake. From what I understand, the plans discussed with the police beforehand had said that the march would remain downtown. At any rate, it was on Carson Street that the police became agressive and tried to break up the march.
Solidarity!
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
quinten@indypgh.org
It was hard to tell if this bus driver was in support or angry, actually.
Off the streets..and onto the sidewalks
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
quinten@indypgh.org
Here the cops told everyone to get off the streets for the first time, which most people did. They were a wee bit pushy.
First arrest?
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
quinten@indypgh.org
This was the first arrest that I witnessed. This man was on his bicycle and then pushed him to the ground. I didn\'t see any reason for him to be arrested. Luckily, someone rescued his bicycle.
Second arrest
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
quinten@indypgh.org
The second arrest. This one I didn\'t see take place.
Community
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
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Community oriented policing? Hah.
Pete
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
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We had heard that the officers were trying to target the leaders of the march, so Pete was pretty worried at this point. It turned out that they were talking about the young, scruffy looking organizers. We could hear them saying that they should find a way to provoke an arrest. They talked about this for almost an hour, and eventually they did arrest the member of POG in question -- hard to say if there was a legitimate reason or not.
The End
by Quinten
Friday, Mar. 21, 2003 at 4:46 PM
quinten@indypgh.org
I didn\'t see any of the mass arrests, but we did catch two buses filled with arrrestees going by, as well as several paddy wagons. One had a bicycle mounted on the front. Someone should tell the cops that bicycles are allowed on the streets.
You're lucky
by digital
Friday, Mar. 28, 2003 at 9:48 AM
If that had been me in my car, I would have run all of you down. Hell, after they started attacking his car he legally could have gassed it and run anyone down, and just claim he was in fear for his life. I was downtown during this protest, I'd testify on his behalf.
You stupid hippies need to realize that your right to free speech does not equate with a right to make me listen. Stay off the streets and stop disrupting our lives.
12 years of diplomacy and peace has left 2 million Iraqis dead. Give war a chance.
killing hippies for iraqi freedom
by deadrockstar
Saturday, Mar. 29, 2003 at 12:11 AM
I don't mean to legitimize your insensate hatred by responding to your post with reason, but it's 12 years of brutal sanctions, not "diplomacy" or "peace" that have brought starvation and death to Iraq. War is not an adequate response to the horrific situation those sanctions have created.
I can also verify that claiming you feared for your life will not help you much in court after you've murdered innocent people with your automobile. And I doubt you'd have run down anyone that day, once you recognized the march was filled with people who might as well have been your mom.
Please also think about the seriousness of making death threats, whether on the internet or otherwise. It can be considered harassment, at the least. Peace.
I saw the "vandalism"
by Mike Lawlor, Jr.
Tuesday, Apr. 01, 2003 at 11:31 PM
mjl317@psu.edu
Hello. I was at the scene when the "vandalism" took place. He clearly had an attitude, and started to ram his car through the crowd. At one point, he even tried to get out of his car, and he was looking for a fight. Several protestors told him to get back into his car, and the same indivuduals shouted to the other protestors to leave him alone. His car looked perfectly fine as I walked away. I didn't see what happened to the license plate. In the typical American Way, I am sure he will file a lawsuit against whoever he feels is responsible.
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