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Dec. 29, 2011 / 2:55 PM

Court rules for Pittsburgh on G20 arrests

Protesters regroup on Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before attempting to march in the G20 Summit site on September 24, 2009. Pittsburgh was the host city for the two day summit of world leaders. UPI File Photo/Archie Carpenter

Protesters regroup on Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before attempting to march in the G20 Summit site on September 24, 2009. Pittsburgh was the host city for the two day summit of world leaders. UPI File Photo/Archie Carpenter | License Photo

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board is not entitled to examine unedited records of arrests during the 2009 G20 summit, a Pennsylvania appeals court says.

A three-judge Commonwealth Court panel backed the city and a lower court judge in a unanimous decision Wednesday, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. City officials say they are legally barred by the state Criminal History Record Information Act from releasing unedited arrest records.

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The Group of 20 Summit in late September 2009 attracted thousands of protesters to the city. Police said 190 people were arrested.

The review board said it needs complete arrest records to determine if police made wrongful arrests and treated detainees with unnecessary force.

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