Good Morning Vietnam!!!!!
Media Fear Tactics, Steel Cages, Blackhawk & Chinook Helicopters, armored Humvees, & Secret Command Posts. Just another day living in the hood.
With three successful non violent G20 protests under our belts Jasiri X and I venture out into the streets of Pittsburgh today to cover the G20 from our perspective with a little more concern. I went to bed last night to the comforting sounds of sirens and helicopters. The site of fresh razor wire on The North Side, steel cages being erected downtown, Black Hawk & Chinook Helicopters overhead, armored Humvees and Thousands of Police Officers, State Troopers, Homeland Security Officers, The National Guard and the Secret Service gave Pittsburgh the feel of a city under occupation.
Media reports of the Secret Service's "Secret Command Center" (http://www.wpxi.com/politics/21069145/detail.html) add to the fear and intrigue: According to Channel 11 "It's A War room" and "Channel 11 was sworn not to reveal its location". The heavy Military and Police presence combined with dire Media reports have spread fear and confusion throughout Pittsburgh. Despite peaceful protests so far local folks are afraid and angry at the prospect that today's un-permitted protest "March on the G-20" and Friday’s “Day of Action” will be violent and unruly.
According to Tim Schooly of The Pittsburgh Business Times: http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2009/09/21/daily42.html An independent threat assessment report by a Dallas-based firm called The Densus Group ranks today’s March on the G-20 and Friday’s “Day of Action” as having the highest risk for disorder for the Pittsburgh Summit.
Called the G-20 Pittsburgh Report, the Densus research rated the threat of disorder for the Thursday march from Lawrenceville to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center as “high” and described it as “likely to be the most violent event of the week.”
Mike Boda sent me great link to listen in on radio scanners during the G20: (Pittsburgh City Fire and G-20 Police Operations:) http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=2242
G20 Summit 2009 Pittsburgh, PA Album 3 - Military Zone!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=114075&id=507894491&l=dccf843881
We're going in....
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Paradise Gray
One Hood MEdia
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