this is what a democracy looks like.
We made it, the G20 is over. Despite a few broken windows there is no physical evidence of it ever being here, however I know the memory will be with me for years to come. Over the past few months I've heard a lot of negative comments about the protesters and I hope that on the whole we were able to set people straight this week. Yes, there were acts of vandalism that occurred but overall the protests were peaceful. On Friday we marched from Oakland through downtown over to the northside. This was the largest protest Pittsburgh has seen since the steel industry collapsed, approximately 2,000 to 3,000 people joined in. For most of our journey we were surrounded by police, where one officer ended, another began, and usually there were more behind them. If anyone made a wrong move we all would've been in big trouble, there was no where to run even if we wanted to. When we crossed over the 7th Street bridge it was amazing. The police d...