G20 Summit - Wednesday / by Justin Merriman

Lisa Fithian, 48, of Austin, Texas an activist with the Pagan Cluster, an earth based spirituality group, leads a protest through Downtown on Wednesday.
Kris Scofield, 25, of Manassas, VA, carries the anarchist flag as he leads a protest march originating from Carnegie Mellon University in Oakland down South Craig Street on Wednesday. The protesters demanded education as right. It was the first contingent of student protesters against the G20 Summit.
Caitlin Boyle, 19, a sophomore at Carnegie Mellon University helps her fellow classmate, Liz Rudnick, 19, (not shown) put up signs at the campus on Wednesday morning. Rudnick is trying to illustrate how she explains, "CMU's campus is a sleeping community politically 99%of the time and with the g20 we find ourselves suddenly activated," she said.
A man who identified himself as Bird protests in front of the PNC Bank Downtown on Wednesday.
Pennsylvania State Police keep a watch on protesters, Downtown on Wednesday.

Here are a few of my photos from my coverage of the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, September 23, 2009.