Charges Will Be Dropped Against Some Students

The Allegheny County district attorney plans to withdraw charges against four students arrested during G-20 protests.

D.A. spokesman Mike Manko said, "Those four students were being used as pawns by individuals who came to the city with the intent on doing damage and then mixed in with the students in an attempt to avoid detection."

Preliminary hearings will be held Wednesday for about 50 of the people who were arrested in Oakland on Thursday and Friday.

University of Pittsburgh student Katie Piszko says she was on her way home last Friday when she caught up in the protests, which brought hundreds of people and riot police into the streets.

"I couldn't get back into my dorm and they were surrounding us on both sides, so I think there was a lot of innocent people that got hurt," said Piszko.

The district attorney says all 190 arrests are being reviewed, which included 51 University of Pittsburgh students.

University spokesman Robert Hill released a statement which read, "Most Pitt students who were arrested will be offered the opportunity to meet with university police to explain their circumstances."

Pittsburgh police say students were given eight warnings and had about 15 minutes to leave that area before gas and other tactics were used.