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This is the story the news didn't show you about the protests in Pittsburgh.

The Pittsburgh Police responded with overwhelming force on a group of students who were convening in a park for an impromptu concert. Over 1000 officers made over 42 arrests to a gathering of people that weren't protesting or demonstrating to any extent. The students, and innocent bystanders, including children, were corralled like sheep into alleyways, and buildings, where they were tear gassed, shot with rubber bullets, and blasted by deafening LRAD devices. The majority of people caught in the standoff were Pitt students trying to find their way back to the saftey of their dorms. The Pittsburgh Police and SWAT forces violated our constitutional rights to assemble and protest. There was never physical provocation from the gatherers towards the cops, yet they were met with weapons, agents, and devices that are used against insurgents in Iraq. If you feel strongly about this video, please contact the ACLU and refer them to this video.

As US citizens, we cannot, and will not give up our constitutional rights. We will not be bullied by police officers for standing up for our beliefs, and causes. We will not allow law enforcement to use weapons on us without provocation. Our voices will not be hushed by the media who refused to cover this story from our eyes. We will not be herded as scared sheep into an alley way. We will march for what we believe in, and fight for our basic constitutional rights.


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