Back   OpEd News
Font
PageWidth
Original Content at
https://www.opednews.com/articles/G20-summit---by-David-Brooks-090925-483.html
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).

September 27, 2009

G20 summit.....

By David Brooks

A recent rant I posted while surfing the news about the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh PA

::::::::

News feeds are filtering through the matrix about the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, with videos of protesters being blasted by sound cannons and police lines marching like storm-troopers toward an unarmed crowd. Declared an unlawful assembly by the police because they don't have a permit, the protesters are being subjected to the same militant techniques used in Iraq by the U.S. military and its allies. That's right America, you don't have the right to assembly unless it is approved by the state and if you attempt to protest without permission.... you may be treated like an "enemy combatant". These aren't terrorists or militant insurgents in some foreign land..... they are U.S. citizens trying to exercise their right to free speech, without permission from big brother. In order to protect the leaders of the world from a few hundred protesters, US security forces turned piercing sound weapons on U.S. citizens invoking widespread criticism.

Sonic weapons or long-range acoustic devices have been used by the US military overseas, notably against Somali pirates and Iraqi insurgents. However officials from Pittsburgh claim that it was the first time "sound cannon" had been used publicly. The sonic weapons are highly effective for crowd control, more effective than controversial kettling tactics used against G20 protesters in London, and some fear the sounds emitted are loud enough to damage the eardrums of the targets and possibly even cause fatal aneurysms.

It seems that it is OK to bring loaded weapons to a rally against healthcare reform, but a march against the New World Order is treated much differently. These police and military resources aren't being used to protect national security, freedom, or the constitution..... they are being employed to protect the worlds leaders and the oligarchy that controls them.

With only a few hundred protesters to mark the opening day of the summit of world leaders, the military and police were taking no chances. One reporter from an MSNBC video can be Quoted as saying, "..... they've got riot fences that have lined the sidewalks, helicopters, gunboats, humvees, they've pulled out obviously an arsenal of .. uh... equipment and individuals to protect those world leaders there and, as you pointed out, to keep them away from the protesters.. uh... city officials also announce according to reports 1000 jail cells ready for any lawbreakers....."

G20 Protests on MSNBC 9/24/09 Pittsburgh, PA - MSNBC video

Tear gas/sonic used on G20 Pittsburgh protesters - MSNBC video

Military uses Sonic Weapon and Tear Gas on Protestors at g20 Pittsburgh - CNN video

G 20 Pittsburgh Military Police Using Sonic Weapons Against American Citizens - protestor video

Sound Cannon Used Against US Citizens in Pittsburgh G20 Summit - Article/blog with video links

SNAP ANALYSIS: New world economic order takes shape at G20 - background info

Military Attacks American Citizens With Sound Weapons & Tear Gas At G20 - Article/blog with video links

Authors Website: http://www.blueanchorproject.com/

Authors Bio:
I'm just a regular guy trying make sense of an ever perplexing world. Never been interested in selling myself to the public, so my "bio" may seem a little lacking in that certain "me" flair.

Writing has been a hobby for many years, and since 9-11 I have used the internet as a research tool, to learn more about the world I live in and the political forces at play.

I've worked in the manufacturing field most of my adult life and consider myself a middle income blue collar worker. While that may not seem very glamorous to some, I believe it gives me a somewhat under reported perspective on some of the troubles our nation faces today.

Back