guy from g-20 kidnapping

ok.. while waiting for the weather the blip was about protestors having their day in court from the g-20..
top mention was hte guy who was "kidnapped"...
no i didn't see him...just his lawyer..but they did give a name which probably can be followed up
just not by me..

here is the article from the local tv channel with the article....
interesting that they showed the vid on tv as the commentator spoke
and as with all things on the tube..who knows what is true or not




Dozens Of G-20 Protesters Show Up For Downtown Hearings
Almost 200 People Arrested During Pittsburgh Summit
POSTED: 6:52 am EDT September 30, 2009
UPDATED: 6:49 pm EDT September 30, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- Preliminary hearings were held at Pittsburgh's municipal court Wednesday for dozens of protesters arrested during the G-20 summit.


Police arrested some 200 protesters over the course of last week's G-20 summit.


One of the suspects -- David Japenga -- is accused by police of causing about $15,000 in property damage during the global economic summit. His arrest was caught on cell phone video and posted on YouTube. A judge ordered him to stand trial at a later date.

Channel 4 Action News' Paul Van Osdol reported that 49 of the 52 protest-related hearings scheduled for Wednesday were postponed until late October. Most of those cases stemmed from arrests made in and around Schenley Plaza in Oakland.

A number of defendants are University of Pittsburgh students who claim they were caught up in the unrest and couldn't disperse because police surrounded them. If that's proved to be true, charges against those people will be dropped, District Attorney Stephen Zappala said.

"They came out of their lines, broke their lines to grab me and pulled me through their lines -- at which point, six of them jumped me, and they had the gall to charge me with resisting arrest," Pitt student William Taylor said.

Taylor's case was among those that were postponed, but six other suspects -- including Christopher Nielsen -- agreed to do community service to get their charges dropped. Most of those cases are summary offenses involving failure to disperse.

"It was my intent to plead 'not guilty' because I didn't do anything wrong. I was simply on the street on my bike and got taken up," Nielsen said.

One of the people due in court was Lauren Wasson, charged with aggravated assault for an incident captured on camera and seen on Channel 4 Action News, where she allegedly got into a scuffle with police and threw a bike at an officer in Oakland.

Wasson's hearing was postponed until sometime in October, Van Osdol reported.

Slideshow: World Leaders, Protests At Pittsburgh G-20 Summit

Police said Japenga caused the most damage during the G-20 summit, allegedly breaking about 20 windows and doors in Oakland and causing extensive damage at the local Citizens Bank branch.

Three criminal mischief counts were held for court in Japenga's case, while a conspiracy charge was dropped. He was still being held at the Allegheny County Jail on Wednesday.


Around 200 people were arrested during the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh.


The district attorney has already dropped charges against four Pitt students. University officials said they plan to meet with other students who were arrested to allow them the chance to explain what happened.

Two people who described themselves as freelance journalists were among the Oakland arrestees. They pleaded guilty to summary disorderly conduct, allowing them to simply pay a $100 fine.

"I wasn't taunting police," said freelancer Luke Rudkowski, whose scuffle with police can be seen in a YouTube video. "What you see me doing is telling police officers we're all brothers and sisters, the anarchists are wrong, the police are wrong for beating up people, we're going against violence happening down there."

"These gentlemen live out of town, and for judicial economy and the fact that it would be so inconvenient for them to fight it, they chose to accept a plea bargain," said defense attorney Sean Logue.

The two journalists were freelancing for a Russian publication.

Previous Stories:
•September 29, 2009: DA To Drop G-20 Charges Against Pitt Students
•September 28, 2009: Police, Mayor Respond To G-20 Claims Of Excessive Force
•September 27, 2009: Few G-20 Protest Arrestees Remain Jailed
•September 27, 2009: 'Pack Pamela's' Organized To Help Diner Hit By G-20 Protests
•September 27, 2009: Protesters Linger In Aftermath Of G-20
•September 27, 2009: Facing Serious Charge, G-20 'Bike Girl' Apologizes
•September 26, 2009: Police, Crowds Square-Off During Oakland Rally
•September 26, 2009: Sense Of Normalcy Returns To Downtown Pittsburgh After G-20
•September 25, 2009: G-20 Protester Causes $20,000 In Damages
•September 25, 2009: Demonstrators Hula, Meditate, Chant As G-20 'Everywhere Protest' Fizzles

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21157067/detail.html

came back to add the comments on him..pretty funny..and i wonder how many of those conspiracy sites have done a real follow up?
shows how easily the think they can manipulate us..just like the ptb....



article:
The city also suffered $50,000 worth of damages, $20,000 of which coming from David Japenga.

Japenga, of California, broke 20 windows and doors in Oakland on Thursday night, police said.

comments:

Yes this is the same David Japenga as the freegan article in Florida and he is from Romeo MIchagan not California. He just went to California after Florida. Hope he grows up someday

InappropriateSep. 28, 2009 3:37pm EDT | from Anonymous20
I wonder if this is the same "David Japenga" that appears via Google search of the name in an article about people who get all their food out of dumpsters. Looks like that guy just moves from place to place (Michigan and Florida are mentioned in that article and the only other David Japenga I can find is from around Detroit) aimlessly latching onto fads and questionable causes. What a low-life. Gratz to Department of Public Safety for bringing him to justice. And isn't it interesting how many Detroit people were here to cause trouble this week. They destroyed Michigan with their policies and behaviour and now want to export that to the rest of the country.

InappropriateSep. 26, 2009 6:42pm EDT | from mpa000
pens1 - things will never change. this is america - NO ONE is ever held accountable for their actions! spill hot coffee on you? sue the restaurant. dying of lung cancer? sue the cigarette company. the list goes on . . .

InappropriateSep. 26, 2009 6:16pm EDT | from shelter
:$20,000 damages, coming from David Japenga of California"....notify his family that they have to cough up the money, if they want him back, otherwise let him rot in jail. It's time people are held accountable for their actions..

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/g20/21121306/detail.html

More good CSI work Sky. There is always another side of the story isn't there?

M
i don't know if you have ever heard of Paul Harvey or not
he was a radio guy with a great voice and he would always come back with
more to a headline and his sign off tag line was always
And That's The Rest Of The Story.....




if you type his name into you tube there are a whole wonderous bunch of stuff from him
i used to listen to him on public radio on my drive to work...he was a refreshing start to the day
en~joy

I am wondering if any of you seen the video of the three undercover cops that tried to start the riot and got busted. They are the only ones that had rocks in their hands. hmmmmm

so frustrating


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgQB8fR5e_I&feature=related

truthseeker
the vid looks like a con job to me..to get a response like you have given
..bad cops..good demonstrators..oh my! how awful!..i don't think so

first off the camera is following these specific three guys the whole time..like they are actors for the vid
and you can plainly see their hands and they aren't carying anything.
and at the end they are just standing there...

i question if this is even pgh because the place was crawling with real cops in riot gear
and in this vid it is a bunch of kids all out on the street and no cops are visible anywhere..
and there were no school buses in oakland either..and that is a yellow school bus..

so sorry i'm not buying it

i think it is just something to rile folks up....there is so much propaganda out there by both sides
that we really have to start thinking for ourselves..
that, of course, is just my opinion

Love Paul Harvey. The Best story teller in the world. Funny I never knew what he looked like!!

People never look like I imagine. lol

Quote :

....there is so much propaganda out there by both sides
that we really have to start thinking for ourselves..

Exactly, that's why I don't allow myself to watch the news or get riled over one news story. I've seen both sides bend the truth.

I really do think for myself. I am not a dreamer I live in Minnesota and know what happened at the RNC. Oh and BTW all charges were dropped on each and every of the so called protesters.

In my family I have 7 cops. Do I like what they do ? sometimes. Do I believe that they do this sort of stuff ? You betcha !

I don't just think they do, I know they do. It sickens me.

In St Paul during the RNC my daughter and my niece witnessed this firsthand......Fiist off my daughter works at the hospital which is right here and she got caught up in this mess. The police injured her and all she was doing was her job and heading to her car. Now I'm sure this is why they closed down Pittsburg. But my daughter had to work This maybe last years crap but it is still very fresh in my mind. My niece worked as a chef for the RNC and walked out before her first day was over because she was so scared !



So way I see it......we the Americans are suppose to not protest or speak out against what we believe in. That is uncomprehensive in my mind.

There were 8000 veterans of war marching in the streets of St Paul Oh for sure the news didn't report that. You betcha they didn't report this.

I did not see any of these kids do anything out of the ordinary. I know that much of what happened that day should not.

I for one will never believe our media or press to tell the truth.

This video was shot by my personal friend. Because of this, I do believe what the people are trying to tell us.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GitJhErFU8A

here is another take of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICkVCrnyW2g&feature=related

Amy was arrested

mntruthseeker
i was only speaking of that one video that was supposed to be done in pgh at the g-20
and the only reason i would say anything at all is the three local channels had 24/7 coverage and i watched what happen in
oakland where the universities are...
there were so many cops it wasn't funny and no matter where you looked they were there

don't get me wrong..i'm not takin any side..i was only saying because i live close by and watched it happening that i thought that
one particular vid was phoney and the person doing it had their own agenda...

and that a lot of what we are shown is from folks with their own agenda who want to sway watchers to the vid persons view..
and that some of the vid makers are the same types as the ptb..only on a different side..

i would not doubt any of the other stuff you have posted about..just the pgh one..

i think we all need to say..hey why do they want us...
and the answer is we are powerful beyond our current knowing...
and we need to be vigilant

Great, I'm glad you explained that. I actually thought you couldn't imagine it happening.

I seen nothing but RED watching that and I needed to deal with that and I believe that I have let it go.


In my heart, I do now understand that I needed to heal some part of me and I have done that. A mirror effect and I am sorry if I growled too much I actually have stopped watching all of them.

My daughter and niece got over it, I need to even if she is still my baby, I have gotten over it !

mntruthseeker

good for you..be careful..don't attach yourself to any of that nasty stuff...
if it is hitting an emotinal nerve you are correct in working on it
cause
as long as the negetive can push our buttoms they have control

and hey..growl all you need to..this is a safe place

when i get stuck or think someone has hit one of my soft points i pull out my little note card
with the four agreements on it...and read it till it sinks in..

if you have never heard them here they are...i use them often

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz can be summed up as follows:

(1) Be Impeccable With Your Word. The broad scope of this concept is to avoid sin against yourself by what you think. Sinning against the self takes many forms: such as, putting yourself down, gossiping, or putting anybody else down because you don't agree with what they think. Actions and words need to be consistent as part of being impeccable with yourself. The other side of the coin is the smoky mirror concept. Ruiz makes the point that our perceptions of others are merely reflections of ourselves. Therefore, to put another down or project negative words or energy towards another person, is to lash out at the other person because of our own insecurities.

(2) Don't Take Anything Personally. There is an awful lot of negative energy out there and some of it is directed at us by other people. If you take it personally and take on the poison of another's words, it becomes a very negative agreement you have with yourself. What anybody thinks about you, or says about you, is really about them. Not taking it personally allows you to be in relationship with anyone and not get trapped in their stuff. This agreement can also pertain to things that we take personally that cause us to go into upset.

(3) Don't Make Assumptions. What we think we understand about what someone says, how someone looks at us, what someone means by what they do, etc, may often not reflect reality at all, and more often than not lead us to think badly of ourselves or of others, and reinforce not being impeccable with our word.

(4) Always Do Your Best. Your "best" is a variable thing from moment to moment. "When you do your best, you don't give the Judge the opportunity to find you guilty or to blame you.” You can always say, “I did my best." There are no regrets. (p.80) The other key to doing your best revolves about being in action. "Action is about living fully. Inaction is the way that we deny life. Inaction is sitting in front of the television every day for years because you are afraid to be alive and to take the risk of expressing what you are. Expressing what you are is taking action. You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is the action. Without action upon an idea, there will be no manifestation, no results, and no reward

What wonderful words. I just spent hours and hours of listening to Gregg Braden and I can't believe how helpful he has been.

I used to hear people talk about the mirror effect but now I can say I know what it means and how to read the meaning.

I just feel better every day. I hear what you are saying and I am so thankful that I can truly understand it.

The law of attraction can hurt if you are not careful of what your throw out there

BTW I always enjoyed listening to Paul Harvey.