Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title VI, Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions, by adding Chapter 607A, titled “Prohibitions on Use of Obstruction Equipment and Possession of Certain Items with Intent to Defeat Lawful Dispersal Orders.”, City of Pittsburgh Public Safety Services Committee, September 16, 2009 [allowing police to cite people in possession of such items as padlocks, pipes, and handcuffs if the police determine that there was an intent to use those items to block access to streets, sidewalks, and public buildings or to defeat crowd control orders during the Group of 20 (G-20) summit].



Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the the G-20.