No week of busting the skulls and tear-gassing of world economic summit protesters is complete without a trophy photograph. Everyone knows this. So, naturally, the fellas doing the skull-busting and tear-gassing in Pittsburgh at the G20 couldn’t pass up an opportunity to pose Lyndie England-style with a protester they’d put in cuffs. Read more »
In addition to the tear gas, cruising cops, kidnap-style arrests, and fake newsmen, G20 protesters must also contend with Pittsburgh’s bat-wielding residents. |Daylife|
You know there’s a lot of law enforcement personnel patrolling the streets of Pittsburgh for the G20 when some of them are forced to drive around in Ryder vans. Still, they’re a lot less ominous looking than their camo-clad counterparts kidnap-style arresting protesters in unmarked cars.
Photo by Joey Kennedy
Having you paying attention to any of the coverage of the security crackdown at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh? Because these people, whoever they are, ain’t playing around! Basically, the entire city is engulfed in a giant cloud of tear gas, which I suppose is better than having the streets filled with blood from police baton beatdowns. Regardless, I have no idea what this kid in the video below did to basically get tossed like a beanbag into the back of a police cruiser, probably picked his nose and wiped a booger on a police barracade or something, not do I have any idea who these military-looking dudes are making the arrest but come on! Read more »
Although the The Daily Show isn’t on tonight, you won’t have to wait till next week to see some footage of Senior British Correspondent, John Oliver, reporting from the protester-filled streets of Pittsburgh during the G20. Watch a clip of the fake newsman dropping “F” bombs while rehearsing a segment in front of a wall of riot-clad police after the jump.
Photo by Joey Kennedy
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Earlier today I found myself wondering aloud on Twitter, “Why the hell is the G20 being held in Pittsburgh?” Not to slight the fine Western Pennsylvania town, but global economic summits and Pittsburgh don’t really seem to go together. Usually these sort of things take place in places like New York, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles. Certainly not in a traditionally industrial city like Pittsburgh, which have never ever hosted a Super Bowl or a Final Four. So I fired off an email to an important Pittsburgh person and it turns out that the whole thing was orchestrated by the White House because Obama is a big fan of the city. Read more »
Obsessed with Legos and “very, very pissed off about how this War on Terror is being prosecuted,” Legofesto uses the toy blocks to diorama everything from prison conditions at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, to waterboarding interrogation torture and even the recent London Police killing of an innocent bystander during the G20 conference. Click through the images for a small sample of the Lego reenactments, clearly not endorsed by the toy company.
Damning footage was released today showing that a 47 year old man who died of a heart attack during G20 protests in London last week, was assaulted by a police officer. Ian Tomlinson, who was apparently uninvolved in protests, is shown calmly walking away from police with his hands in his pockets, heading home from his job as a newspaper vendor. Without warning or provocation a police officer attacks Tomlinson from behind, hitting him in the leg and throwing him to the ground. Moments later, Tomlinson suffered a heart attack and died. |Guardian|
Last week in London, while protesters were smashing things and 10 times as many journalists were photographing them, local street artist D*Face was showing his art on digital billboards around the city. The big question was: how did he do it? Were the billboards hacked like electronic road signs or bought like SKULLPHONE’s LA displays. Reached by email, D*Face told ANIMAL he pulled the billboards off “incredibly easily and it didn’t cost a penny.” Asked if the work was hacked, D*Face told us, “No not hacked, that’s near if not impossible, I’ve looked very long and hard at that option, but a miracle chance drunken encounter with a slightly corruptible individual that had access to the equipment helps. That’s all I can tell you as Clear Channel have gone ape shit over it.” Once again, booze and bribery prove themselves useful for getting things done.
Photo of D*Face electronic billboard in London by Sweetponds
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