New at Reason: Radley Balko on the Police Crackdown at the G20 Summit

October 5, 2009

Radley Balko argues that the aggressive police actions at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh last month is the latest example of a disturbing trend in how free expression is treated at political events: The more high-profile the event, the more influential the players, and the more high-stakes the decisions being made, the more aggressive police and city officials seem to be with protesters, and the less tolerance those officials show for constitutional rights.

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