I borrowed a friend's camera, since mine died (insert weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth). I brought it with me to work today so I could record anything unusual or different. The only sign of violence was a smashed bus shelter. We sometimes have things like that happen, but I don't ever recall seeing anything like this in this particular area.
They did a pretty good job on this thing. Look how crooked it is.
These posters are all over the place.
CMU Campus, Tech field. All normal here.
CMU Campus, corner of Tech and Frew Street. All normal here, too.
Corner of Margaret Morrison building, tennis courts.
Then we get to the entrance of my building. We were supposed to have a guard* and not be able to get into the building without swiping our card. Hmmmmmm .... seems to be something missing here ...
No guard, and one person swiped their card, hit the handicapped door opener and all sorts of people walked through. That door opener holds the door open for a rather long time.
Here it is just hanging open. Yeah, yup, real good security. A freaking horse could get through! I don't know what they can do about this, though. You can't turn off the automatic door. Handicapped people deserve to be able to get in, too.
I assume/hope they intend to actually have security later in the week. Not that I really expect much to happen.
I have been hearing a lot more sirens than normal for a Monday morning, though, so perhaps things are happening elsewhere. I plan to take photos throughout the week and keep you posted on the status of things.
*UPDATE: Our building manager said the guard is supposed to start on Wednesday. I guess I got confused.
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They will continue to cater to the big banks... and the public will be angry.
OH, so sorry bout your camera, shares in the nashing of teeth, but great pics, glad nothing bad has happened where you are, do you carry a gun? I am not talking about a little pea shooter but maybe a .380 or a nice .45, that will stop someone in their tracks, maybe you should go pick one up, I have been carrying mine everywhere it has gotten so bad around here....
So far things are quiet here.
I've heard of a couple incidents where police stopped a march that was legit. The one cop apologized to them. I thought that was great. People are nervous and nervous people don't make rational decisions. :\ That's what I'm worried about.
That MIGHT be an understatement, barb...be safe!
I think the main protest group is peaceful. I'm thinking maybe some local thugs just decided to smash the bus shelter and let people thing it was G-20 related. I dunno. I've heard stories in other places where groups opposing the protesters would smash something and blame it on the protesters. I have no idea if anything like that is going on here, though.
The protesters are generally anti-police, and I can understand it if the police are not reading the permits and chasing them away. I would be angry.
So far I haven't heard of anything violent. I've also been told that sometimes non-cooperative people from out of the area (or even out of the country) sometimes come in just to start violence. Again, I haven't heard of anything yet.