Tom Judd, 25, works as a hotline counselor for an abortion-rights organization in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Hobart and William Smith College with a BA in religious studies in 2007. Mr. Judd traveled to Pittsburgh from Rhode Island to participate in G-20 Summit demonstrations. Mr. Judd was demonstrating in Schenley Plaza when police issued an order to disperse. He had exited the plaza and was attempting to comply with the order when police surrounded him and at least fifty other people on the lawn of the Cathedral of Learning, closed off all avenues of exit, and illegally detained, arrested, and jailed him.
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Pete Shell
Peter Shell, 47, is an I.T. project manager, computer programmer, and co-chair of the Thomas Merton Center Antiwar Committee, which organized the Friday afternoon mass march from Oakland to the North Side via Downtown called the People's March. Mr. Shell had gone to Schenley Plaza to attend a concert sponsored by the WYEP radio station. Although he arrived after the concert had ended, he stayed in the plaza to observe the demonstration and to conduct interviews with the media about the G-20 demonstrations. He was standing in the plaza when police issued an order to disperse. He had exited the plaza and was attempting to comply with the order when police surrounded him and at least fifty other people on the lawn of the Cathedral of Learning, closed off all avenues of exit, and illegally detained, arrested, and jailed him.
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Melissa Hill
Melissa Hill, 31, is a resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who traveled to Pittsburgh in September 2009 with the organization Twin Cities Indymedia to video-record events during the G-20 Summit. Ms. Hill was video-recording a demonstration in Schenley Plaza when police issued an order to disperse. She had exited the plaza and was attempting to comply with the order when police surrounded her and at least fifty other people on the Cathedral of Learning lawn, closed off all avenues of exit, and illegally detained, arrested, and jailed her.
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