Yeah, you know, I lived in Pittsburgh on and off for a lot of years, and I’m telling you that your Iron-drinking, Steeler-fan, pickup-truck driving, snuff-chewing ‘burghers ain’t digging this:

Protesters and police are clashing on the streets of Pittsburgh after police tried to break up a march oppposing the Group of 20 summit.

Protesters rolled trash bins toward police and a man in a black hooded sweat shirt threw rocks at a police car, breaking the front windshield. Some protesters also are using pallets and corrugated steel to block a road.

Officers fired gas at the protesters. Some of those exposed to the gas were coughing, complaining of eyes watering and stinging.

The march began with several hundred protesters. It did not have a city permit and police declared it an unlawful assembly.

The photo is taken in the Lawrenceville section of town. I am surprised the people of Lawrenceville aren’t out on the front porch spitting at these peoplee.

Pittsburgh is a Democratic town but it’s Democratic for labor reasons, not cultural reasons… black-hooded anarchism doesn’t go down well there. Nor should it. At least when your teabaggers get together they ain’t smashing the windows of police cars.

Update: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is live-blogging the protest, if you’re interested.