Yesterday afternoon anarchists and others held a car-based noise demo at the county courthouse to demand that prisoners at risk of coronavirus infection be released from Allegheny County Jail. A couple of dozen vehicles circled the building for an hour, honking their horns and hanging signs out their windows, while a handful of protesters on foot (fully masked!) took pictures and chanted through bullhorns. A phone zap was held the same day, which reportedly filled up the voicemail accounts of the judges being targeted.
The police showed up late and didn’t do anything besides block other traffic fromĀ entering the demo. No arrests were made or tickets given.
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