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The Allegheny County District Attorney dropped all charges against Elliot Madison and Michael Wallschlaeger, the famed G20 Twitterers who were arrested during the Pittsburgh Summit in late September of this year. The two activists were arrested and charged with numerous felonies for setting up a communications network that allowed people to tweet about the activities of protesters and police during the G20 Summit. Rustbelt Radio brings us this report.

Rustbelt Radio brings this report on Onorato's gubernatorial announcement.

In the wake of a brutal G20 summit in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato announces he is running for governor of Pennsylvania.  But his rally is marred by a diversity of protesters, including What Happened at Pitt (WHAP), a group of students and community members affected by the violence particularly in the police occupation of Oakland.  Despite the fact there is a sea of posters and banners in support of Onorato, within secondss of unfurling two banners reading "What happened at Pitt?" and "Drop the charges," security and other thugs harass the silent protesters, arresting a total of six people and disrupting the otherwise peaceful demand for accountability and first amendment rights.  October 6, 2009.  www.indypgh.org

They remained peaceful even after the previous days multiple police attacks on non-violent demonstrators

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Pittsburgh resident Frank Smith was beaten and arrested by police on the night of September 24. He gives this account of the assault while standing outside the jail, holding a candle and waiting for the release of other protesters.