Summary
Having been removed from a public street, Seeds of Peace found a landlord to house its bus on private property: a warehouse facility on Sassafras Street, in Lawrenceville. But Bob Johnson, who sublets the space, told City Paper that police visited the site repeatedly. Roughly 20 police "came wanting to search for weapons," he says. While they had no warrant, he said, officers insisted it was a "national-security issue." Johnson eventually gave police access to the site: A half-hour search turned up nothing. "It was all rather civil," Johnson says.
One march participant, Carmen Gray, of the Poor People 's Economic Human Rights Campaign in Cleveland, compared the event to a course of antibiotics for society. "They say, 'Take it till it's done.' We're letting them know that there are some things that are getting better, but it's far from done," Gray said. "We're going to march until it's done, not until you feel better."On the sidelines was Betty Kindle, of Penn Hills, who had come straight from church to see the demonstration. "I think it's great," Kindle said. "I know a lot of people who are working multiple jobs to support their families." With better jobs, she said, "Maybe they will have more time to spend with their families, which affects a lot of other things."See the full content of this document
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High Anxiety
IT WASN'T SUPPOSED to turn out this way. But in the run-up to the G-20, it's the police who seem to be acting up, with the protesters complaining about their behavior.
As this issue goes to press, the G-20 economic summit is still two days away. But already there have been flashpoints between city police and protesters:- On Sun. Sept. 20, police spent hours scouring a Hill District grassroots farming effort. The police called the investigation "a precautionary measure" for the summit. It resulted in the removal of 100 tires from ...See the full content of this document
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