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For those not in Pittsburgh, here's the timeline of what's been happening:
During the 11th weekly Civil Saturdays protest, a street martial was lured away from the crowd by an unmarked cop asking for directions. They were subsequently kidnapped into a white, unmarked van.
During the 11th weekly Civil Saturdays protest, a street martial was lured away from the crowd by an unmarked cop asking for directions. They were subsequently kidnapped into a white, unmarked van.
The Civil Saturdays protests have been explicitly peaceful.
There was a lackluster press conference held by Mayor @billpeduto on Sunday.
Last night, protestors responded by hanging outside on the street at Peduto's house in Point Breeze (on-average wealthier neighborhood)
There was a lackluster press conference held by Mayor @billpeduto on Sunday.
Last night, protestors responded by hanging outside on the street at Peduto's house in Point Breeze (on-average wealthier neighborhood)
Peduto did not come outside and many reports state he was not home at all. The protests lasted until 4-5am.
Tonight, Peduto agreed to speak with his constituents at 8:30pm after releasing a statement. He then declared a curfew of 10pm. https://twitter.com/billpeduto/status/1296110015531687938?s=19
Tonight, Peduto agreed to speak with his constituents at 8:30pm after releasing a statement. He then declared a curfew of 10pm. https://twitter.com/billpeduto/status/1296110015531687938?s=19
At about 10:30pm tonight, PGH public safety posted the below notices: https://twitter.com/PghPublicSafety/status/1296259951321653249?s=19
Then, at 10:40pm there came multiple reports of @PghPolice using mace on the peaceful protestors. https://twitter.com/DOMISMONEY/status/1296275995327115264?s=19
As of ten minutes ago, Public Safety has Tweeted that all the protestors have been "cleared" without mentioning that they CLEARED them via use of mace. During a respiratory pandemic. In a city notorious for bad air quality.
At least one protestor was arrested. Please donate to @BukitBF which uses donations to bail out those who are incarcerated in the Allegheny County Jail
Adding details where I missed them -- Peduto posted this true sociopathic post just earlier this evening. https://twitter.com/billpeduto/status/1296232751415226368?s=19
Oh yeah -- his protest was an hour late and then he wrapped up on live mic saying "let's go get food" https://twitter.com/Mischthefish/status/1295066714691047424?s=19
Additional reports state that @PghPolice ordered peaceful protestors into a park where they then tear gassed + used rubber bullets on said protestors for being in a park after hours. https://twitter.com/airreeulll/status/1296275284182863875?s=19
Let's check in to see where Pittsburgh's other elected officials are weighing in.
Below is County Councilor At Large Bethany Hallam: https://twitter.com/bethanyhallam/status/1296279381850165250?s=19
Below is County Councilor At Large Bethany Hallam: https://twitter.com/bethanyhallam/status/1296279381850165250?s=19
Councilwoman @erikastrassbrgr, who is the councilor for the district in which this transpired has not yet public addressed the situation but had this thread yesterday: https://twitter.com/erikastrassbrgr/status/1295741362076291072?s=19
Councilwoman @DebGrosspgh had this to say three days ago, staying characteristically blunt and to the point: https://twitter.com/DebGrosspgh/status/1295027905853042692?s=19
Councilman @RDLavelle also had a short statement regarding the situation on Sunday. https://twitter.com/RDLavelle/status/1295076893247578114?s=19
Councilman @CoreyOConnorPGH said that he was "concerned" and hasn't addressed this on Twitter since: https://twitter.com/CoreyOConnorPGH/status/1294994743240400897?s=19
Important to note that Councilwoman @erikastrassbrgr was in attendance at tonight's event to also hear citizens concerns. Unclear if she left before the call for dispersal or if she knew about the plan for police interference.
City Council President @tkailsmith has only retweeted without comment the Mayor's press conference from Sunday in regards to the event:
https://twitter.com/TheNextPGH/status/1295069524056842240?s=19
https://twitter.com/TheNextPGH/status/1295069524056842240?s=19
City Council Member @bobbywilson412 said he was "very disturbed" but hasn't posted publicly about the event since. https://twitter.com/bobbywilson412/status/1294841451868835841?s=19
City Councilors Burgess, Coghill, and Kraus have not posted on Facebook about this situation and do not maintain public Twitter accounts.
It appears everyone has made it back to their cars: https://twitter.com/airreeulll/status/1296288362865852416?s=19
@csnyderj has a thread outlining the actions by police as they happened tonight: https://twitter.com/csnyderj/status/1296275426059472902?s=19
There were reports out of Portland and other areas where folks reported issues with their reproductive organs, including a possible miscarriage. Others have reported stomach issues including diarrhea, etc. If you were out last night, take care of yourself https://twitter.com/csnyderj/status/1296279479652945929?s=19
