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Article: Up in the Air
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- Pittsburgh City Paper
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- September 16, 2009
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As G-20 looms, protest groups still hanging in limbo
WITH LESS THAN a week before protests are set to begin against the G-20 summit of international leaders Sept. 24-25, city and federal officials are still making decisions - where protesters can march, whether they can camp and exactly what is going to get them arrested - all while facing a lawsuit and early demonstrations in the process.
Six groups are suing the city, the Secret Service and the state agency that controls Point State Park, claiming the city is delaying or denying their First Amendment rights. Their hearing in federal court was set for Sept. 16. None of the defendants would comment on the lawsuit.
Meanwhile, Pittsburgh City ...