PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – Demonstrators protesting against capitalism on the summit of Group of 20 smashed windows of shops on Thursday in downtown Pittsburgh, after which they were dispersed by riot police with pepper spray.
After a march that initially brought together some 2,000 people, then were about 300 protesters, some of whom threw stones at police.
The crowd broke windows at fast food restaurants KFC and Boston Market, a BMW dealership and a bank Fidelity in an area of the city which is 1,6 km from the convention center where the negotiations develop the G-20.
The protests have marked the great meetings of world leaders on economy for years, sometimes turning violent, forcing organizers to take extreme security summits.
During the day, police dispersed 2,000 demonstrators who gathered for a march.
They should leave the vicinity immediately, said police using bullhorns and warning that it would be used gas and other non-lethal force.
Finally, both parties ended up crashing.
Demonstrators threw bottles and police responded to clear the area . The strong smell of gas irritated eyes and throats of the protesters, and some of them were vomiting as they ran.
We have seen the police use rubber bullets, batons and gas, said Noah Williams, spokesman for Project G-20 Anti-Capitalist Resistance of Pittsburgh.
Leaders of the world's leading 19 economies and the European Union on Thursday began two-day meeting to discuss reforms to the global financial architecture that will help avoid the repetition of a new global crisis.
A G-20 meeting in London in April led to several thousand people to protests that began peacefully before to turn violent, with a dead person.
(Writing by Mark Egan; Reporting by Michelle Nichols and Jonathan Barnes, Edited by)
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