Taser, Dogs, and Chemical Weapons Used on Protesters

August 24, 2005

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Wed, 24 Aug 2005 02:40:22 -0000

08/23/2005 POLICE ATTEMPT TO DERAIL COUNTER-RECRUITMENT MOVEMENT IN

PITTSBURGH, PA

On Saturday, August 21st in Oakland, a neighborhood of Pittsburgh,

PA, a protest was held in front of an Army Recruiting Center.

Pittsburgh Police and University of Pittsburgh Police fought with

protesters on the sidewalk. It was the second time in a month that

protests had shut down the main recruitment station in Pittsburgh.

At least six people were arrested; police fired tasers and other

weapons at the crowd, including restrained arrestees and bystanders.

During the rally at the station, a freelance Fox News cameraman who

was aggressively filming demonstrators' faces was told to leave and

started a minor confrontation with protestors. He returned with

police officers, who began chasing any masked protestors they could

find. They arrested several people and fired weapons at the crowd.

Several people were hit with tasers and chemical weapons. Video

cameras captured tasers being fired at people who had already been

subdued and restrained by police officers.

Police later used dogs to chase away protestors on the sidewalk, and

one woman was bitten in the behind by one of the canine officers.

After she told police that she wanted to file a complaint, she was

told the police would " take her information, " but instead she was

arrested.

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