So, most of you probably know that a number of world leaders met for the G20 summit this past thursday and friday. Well this occurred in my city: Pittsburgh, PA, USA. And some of the most serious protests/riots happened right around my house. So of course I took the opportunity to grab a few shots: Above was right behind my house. It was borderline ridiculous how many cops there were, but I can appreciate it, especially after problems in the past. Nick
The second photo (with the row of police riot shields) is a pretty classic protest coverage shot. Nice job on the rest of the set. Looks like it was a pretty intense few days. I can't imagine how I would feel with that kind of action in my backyard. -monkey
Intrestingly, if they deployed fewer cops, there probably would be less problems. Just like at the g20 in London, people got angry because of the huge police presence and what was seemingly the state taking away their right to protest. Same in this situation. I saw on youtube a video of a girl waving a "I heart first ammendmant" Sums it up.
I have to disagree with you. There were relatively few problems in my city. Some damages, but relatively insignificant. There were also 12 peaceful protest with no problems at all. The above march was not granted a permit because the groups only reason for marching is to disrupt the G20. That is from their website. I can also tell you that cops or not this group would probably have caused just as much damage. They chose to throw bricks through windows of stores for no reason. They just exploit the large presence of cops. Like I said there were 12 other protest with just as many cops that remained entirely peaceful. Nick
Sorry, my bad. I still believe they have the right to protest against the g20 itself, but I accept that if they were causing damage and vandalism then that is obviously wrong. But if you watch on youtube there are some pretty intresting video's taken at the uni campus of students who were observing getting tear gas and pepper spray fired at them.
Heh, I realise that you are not in the UK, where police will stop just about anyone with a dslr, whether they are eating a cheese burger or taking a photo, but I'm surprised you didn't get stopped lol. Even here in Greece, a few months back, I was opposite the houses of parliament and wanted to take the odd snap shot. I got asked to move along. I just went to the other side of the street, zoomed in to 300mm and took the shot anyway.
I was definately a little bit timid at first, but as long as I listened to the cops if they asked you to move or stay in an area then they did not care about the camera. I even chatted with some of them.
