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Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G20 Protester

This video uploaded onto YouTube apparently shows an arrest that was made during the protests at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh on September 24, 2009. The video says this arrest was made on a side street near Baum Ave & S Millvale Ave. posted

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  • Corey Anderson thinks Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... is WTF  about 2 years ago
  • Jennifer H. thinks Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... is WTF  about 2 years ago
  • Fake. Obviously. Unless you're a right-eous wing nut-case.

    Moncho
    2 years ago
  • I like it. Why expend the energy to shut down the whole protest when it's just one or two assholes who are throwing bricks and pushing dumpsters down the hill.

    Nerdsavant
    2 years ago
  • . s0apscum . thinks Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... is WTF & OMG  about 2 years ago
  • Ryan thinks Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... is WTF  about 2 years ago
  • William Brown
    2 years ago
  • A Change We Can Believe In! Yes We Can!

    Madman Felton
    2 years ago
  • Catherine N. thinks Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... is OMG  about 2 years ago
  • Brian S. thinks Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... is WTF  about 2 years ago
  • Ben G.   Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... and thinks it’s WTF  about 2 years ago
  • It's NOT fake. Read this background story (which was posted here 3 times by now): http://thecollegepolitico.com/the-truth-about-the-military-kidnapping-video-from-the-g-20/

    Hub Haderlump
    2 years ago
  • Steven Davricks   Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2...  about 2 years ago
  • I love the blame the protester (a.k.a citizen) posts. I wonder what the Fox Noise “outrage” would have been like if men in camouflage were snatching the gun-toting citizens outside the town halls this summer.

    Steven Davricks
    2 years ago
  • NelsonC thinks Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... is WTF  about 2 years ago
  • Bree thinks Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... is WTF  about 2 years ago
  • Linkthegeek thinks Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... is WTF  about 2 years ago
  • Maybe it's just the army's latest way of recruiting.

    Chopped
    2 years ago
  • Not military guys. I am one and can spot another with ease. Even if they were wearing the right uniform, they just don't look right.

    Prescott Moncrieff
    2 years ago
  • Paola D thinks Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... is WTF & OMG  about 2 years ago
  • Things like this should happen more often.

    Stack Bundles
    2 years ago
  • the kid was smiling at one point

    Kid Paragon
    2 years ago
  • Kerry M. thinks Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... is LOL  about 2 years ago
  • JKSxo thinks Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... is WTF  about 2 years ago
  • That type of camo was replaced by the US Mil in 04. Also, one of these guys is wearing black boots.  Looks extremely fake to me.

    M. R. Mitchell
    2 years ago
  • Julia MB thinks Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... is WTF & OMG  about 2 years ago
  • Walter Woods thinks Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... is OMG  about 2 years ago
  • Everyone knows an unmarked caprice classic is a cop car.

    Bryan
    2 years ago
  • Looks staged

    Kerry M.
    2 years ago
  • Hub Haderlump   Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... and thinks it’s WTF  about 2 years ago
  • The individuals involved in the 9/24/2009 arrest which has appeared online are law enforcement officers from a multi-agency tactical response team assigned to the security operations for the G20.  It is not unusual for tactical team members to wear camouflaged fatigues. The type of fatigues the officers wear designates their unit affiliation. Prior to the arrest, the officers observed this subject vandalizing a local business. Due to the hostile nature of the crowd, officer safety and the safety of the person under arrest, the subject was immediately removed from the area. ( http://thecollegepolitico.com/the-truth-about-the-military-kidnapping-video-from-the-g-20/ ) A “multi-agency tactical response team”? Dragging random people (accused of a crime) into civilian cars without any markings or identification? It does look like a scene from Bolivia that would cause an uproar in the Western world. A little too efficient (and easy to confuse with police-state tactics) for a free, democratic country.

    Hub Haderlump
    2 years ago
  • Flavorwire thinks Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2... is WTF  about 2 years ago
  • Sorry, I meant to post this clip too. Looks like an outtake from “Old School 2: You're in the Army Now.”

    Bruce Chorney
    2 years ago
  • Looks like an outtake from “Old School 2: You're in the Army Now.”

    Bruce Chorney
    2 years ago
  • I dont know stroker, was he? Were you there? Did you ask the cops if he was read his miranda rights? If he wasn't then that is serious BS, and violation of this dude's rights. But if he was being a petulant fucktard, throwing garbage bins through stores/homes windows, I hope he got a few truncheon smacks before they sped him away.

    Bryan
    2 years ago
  • Jon Anderson   Men In Military Fatigues Snatch Up G2...  about 2 years ago
  • Hey Denis, do some leg work before you believe every controversial thing on the internet. If I believed everything on the internet, I'd be a Nigerian millionaire by now.

    Jon Anderson
    2 years ago
  • Whether he's a dirty hippy or not, this is FUCKING AMERICA! Was he told what he was being arrested for or read his rights before being tossed in the back of an unmarked car by unidentified paramilitary looking men?

    Stroker Ace
    2 years ago
  • He is a criminal and was arrested. Its one thing to protest against government(s) but to trash local business/property is quite another.

    Bryan
    2 years ago

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