[BGHater]

Same dudes. Not fake. Welcome to America.

[Scythian]

I still think it’s fake.

[BGHater]

I don’t know if they are military or extra cops hired by Pitt.

[sand lake bar]

Freeze the video at 13 seconds. The one uniformed guy looks just like the guy in BGHater’s photo on post 75. I’m not convinced this is a fake video.

[BGHater]

'

Well… I was really confused about what actually happened in this video so I decided to do a little leg work and find out for sure. First I was able to confirm, through a spokesperson, that the men in the video are NOT from the Pennsylvania National Guard who are on the ground assisting the police in crowd control but are NOT carrying weapons or making ANY arrests.

Next, given that the people in the video aren’t from the Pennsylvania National Guard, I wanted to see what the Police had to say about the video. So I contacted the Pittsburgh Police Department and they gave me the number for the G-20 Joint Information Center which handles press requests on G-20 related security questions.

The G-20 Joint Information Center, which can be reached at 412-402-7630, issued this statement to me which explains exactly what is going on in that video:

The individuals involved in the 9/24/2009 arrest which has appeared online are law enforcement officers from a multi-agency tactical response team assigned to the security operations for the G20.

It is not unusual for tactical team members to wear camouflaged fatigues. The type of fatigues the officers wear designates their unit affiliation. Prior to the arrest, the officers observed this subject vandalizing a local business. Due to the hostile nature of the crowd, officer safety and the safety of the person under arrest, the subject was immediately removed from the area.

So, yes, the video is real. However, it wasn’t the military and the guy wasn’t being kidnapped. Instead he was being arrested for vandalism.'

http://thecollegepolitico.com/the-truth-about-the-military-kidnapping-video-from-the-g-20/

-I'll leave it in the Conspiracy bin until further needed.

[piasa]

A photo of two sloppy guys with 4 O'clock shadow walking past some cops at a demonstration does not imply the sloppy guys aren't demonstrators, strategically placed plastic clip-ons or not.

I notice they aren't displaying their orange-tipped toy gun in that photo.

[AppyPappy]

An anarchist committing vandalism. Who woulda thunk it?

[mnehring]

Same dudes. Not fake.

Not necessarily military either. The same questions that make a lot of folks think the video is fake could easily apply if they are not really military. They could be private security who just purchased military surplus uniforms to be more intimidating.