Amy Goodman arrested
Scape @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:25 pm
BartSimpson @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:32 pm
Good to hear. Thanks for the post!
Scape @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:36 pm
The DNC has arrests as well
I guess the RNC wanted to one up them.
Streaker @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:41 pm
Good comment by Chuck on the Crooks and Liars link:
"Anyone else old enough to remember when we were reminded daily that this police state oppression only took place under communism?"
BartSimpson @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:00 pm
Streaker Streaker:
"Anyone else old enough to remember when we were reminded daily that this police state oppression only took place under communism?"
And here's to the cops who are out oppressing people like you in order to prevent you from imposing your totalitarian ideals upon the rest of us.
FireEmUp @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:07 pm
And then people say that America is not a Police State already.
It's time to wake up people.
BartSimpson @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:32 pm
FireEmUp FireEmUp:
And then people say that America is not a Police State already.
It's time to wake up people.
It's time to wake up people.
It's been a police state for quite some time now. The upside of the recent Supreme Court decision to uphold the Second Amendment goes a step towards restoring the primacy of the governed over the government.
Proof of this is that three years ago people were illegally and forcibly disarmed in New Orleans when the storm hit and this time around the mayor behaved himself and there have been no attempts to illegally disarm people.
C.M. Burns @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:42 pm
Streaker Streaker:
Good comment by Chuck on the Crooks and Liars link:
"Anyone else old enough to remember when we were reminded daily that this police state oppression only took place under communism?"
"Anyone else old enough to remember when we were reminded daily that this police state oppression only took place under communism?"
You mean back in the LBJ - Nixon days?
C.M. Burns @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:59 pm
Ah, so many charming stories about the police state crushing democracy for the RNC.
$1:
Raiding Democracy in St. Paul
In the months leading up to the Republican National Convention, the FBI-led Minneapolis Joint Terrorist Task Force actively recruited people to infiltrate vegan groups and other leftist organizations and report back about their activities. On May 21, the Minneapolis City Pages ran a recruiting story called "Moles Wanted." Law enforcement sought to preempt lawful protest against the policies of the Bush administration during the convention.
Since Friday, local police and sheriffs, working with the FBI, conducted preemptive searches, seizures and arrests. Glenn Greenwald described the targeting of protestors by "teams of 25-30 officers in riot gear, with semi-automatic weapons drawn, entering homes of those suspected of planning protests, handcuffing and forcing them to lay on the floor, while law enforcement officers searched the homes, seizing computers, journals, and political pamphlets." Journalists were detained at gunpoint and lawyers representing detainees were handcuffed at the scene.
http://counterpunch.org/In the months leading up to the Republican National Convention, the FBI-led Minneapolis Joint Terrorist Task Force actively recruited people to infiltrate vegan groups and other leftist organizations and report back about their activities. On May 21, the Minneapolis City Pages ran a recruiting story called "Moles Wanted." Law enforcement sought to preempt lawful protest against the policies of the Bush administration during the convention.
Since Friday, local police and sheriffs, working with the FBI, conducted preemptive searches, seizures and arrests. Glenn Greenwald described the targeting of protestors by "teams of 25-30 officers in riot gear, with semi-automatic weapons drawn, entering homes of those suspected of planning protests, handcuffing and forcing them to lay on the floor, while law enforcement officers searched the homes, seizing computers, journals, and political pamphlets." Journalists were detained at gunpoint and lawyers representing detainees were handcuffed at the scene.
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Massive police raids on suspected protesters in Minneapolis
Protesters here in Minneapolis have been targeted by a series of highly intimidating, sweeping police raids across the city, involving teams of 25-30 officers in riot gear, with semi-automatic weapons drawn, entering homes of those suspected of planning protests, handcuffing and forcing them to lay on the floor, while law enforcement officers searched the homes, seizing computers, journals, and political pamphlets. Last night, members of the St. Paul police department and the Ramsey County sheriff's department handcuffed, photographed and detained dozens of people meeting at a public venue to plan a demonstration, charging them with no crime other than "fire code violations," and early this morning, the Sheriff's department sent teams of officers into at least four Minneapolis area homes where suspected protesters were staying.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/ ... index.htmlProtesters here in Minneapolis have been targeted by a series of highly intimidating, sweeping police raids across the city, involving teams of 25-30 officers in riot gear, with semi-automatic weapons drawn, entering homes of those suspected of planning protests, handcuffing and forcing them to lay on the floor, while law enforcement officers searched the homes, seizing computers, journals, and political pamphlets. Last night, members of the St. Paul police department and the Ramsey County sheriff's department handcuffed, photographed and detained dozens of people meeting at a public venue to plan a demonstration, charging them with no crime other than "fire code violations," and early this morning, the Sheriff's department sent teams of officers into at least four Minneapolis area homes where suspected protesters were staying.
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Officers confiscated items deemed dangerous.
Aided by informants planted in protest groups, authorities raided at least six buildings across St. Paul and Minneapolis to stop an 'anarchist' plan to disrupt this week's Republican National Convention. From Friday night through Saturday afternoon, officers surrounded houses, broke down doors, handcuffed scores of people and confiscated suspected tools of civil disobedience ... A St. Paul City Council member described it as excessive, while activists, many of whom were detained and then released without charges, called it intimidation designed to quash free speech.
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On Saturday afternoon, he displayed a number of the confiscated items: a gun, throwing knives, a bow and arrows, flammable liquids, paint, slingshots, rocks and buckets of urine.
Aided by informants planted in protest groups, authorities raided at least six buildings across St. Paul and Minneapolis to stop an 'anarchist' plan to disrupt this week's Republican National Convention. From Friday night through Saturday afternoon, officers surrounded houses, broke down doors, handcuffed scores of people and confiscated suspected tools of civil disobedience ... A St. Paul City Council member described it as excessive, while activists, many of whom were detained and then released without charges, called it intimidation designed to quash free speech.
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On Saturday afternoon, he displayed a number of the confiscated items: a gun, throwing knives, a bow and arrows, flammable liquids, paint, slingshots, rocks and buckets of urine.
$1:
The alleged urine, Nestor maintained, was actually three buckets, two of which contained dirty water used to flush toilets while conserving water. The third was seized from an illegal apartment occupied by someone not connected to the RNC protests. There was no bathroom in the illegal apartment and urine was collected in a bucket, Nestor said.
http://www.startribune.com/local/277037 ... page=2&c=y$1:
AP photog arrested while covering anti-war protest
AP photographer Matt Rourke was covering the protest when he was swept up by police moving in on a group of protesters in downtown St. Paul.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hksH ... AD92UQ8TG0
AP photographer Matt Rourke was covering the protest when he was swept up by police moving in on a group of protesters in downtown St. Paul.
BartSimpson @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:03 pm
C.M. Burns C.M. Burns:
$1:
The alleged urine, Nestor maintained, was actually three buckets, two of which contained dirty water used to flush toilets while conserving water. The third was seized from an illegal apartment occupied by someone not connected to the RNC protests. There was no bathroom in the illegal apartment and urine was collected in a bucket, Nestor said.
Lefties are filthy and have generally poor hygiene habits and tend to live in squalor, is that your point?
sandorski @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:12 pm
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
Streaker Streaker:
"Anyone else old enough to remember when we were reminded daily that this police state oppression only took place under communism?"
And here's to the cops who are out oppressing people like you in order to prevent you from imposing your totalitarian ideals upon the rest of us.
The Irony is strong in this one.
BartSimpson @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:26 pm
sandorski sandorski:
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
Streaker Streaker:
"Anyone else old enough to remember when we were reminded daily that this police state oppression only took place under communism?"
And here's to the cops who are out oppressing people like you in order to prevent you from imposing your totalitarian ideals upon the rest of us.
The Irony is strong in this one.
The Constitution is not a suicide pact. That the authorities defend the nation from people who would overthrow it is perfectly fine with me.
FireEmUp @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:28 pm
Are you saying that these people are anarchists? What did your statement mean?
The authorities are defending the corporate wishes, not the constitution. Wake up.
C.M. Burns @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:33 pm
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
C.M. Burns C.M. Burns:
$1:
The alleged urine, Nestor maintained, was actually three buckets, two of which contained dirty water used to flush toilets while conserving water. The third was seized from an illegal apartment occupied by someone not connected to the RNC protests. There was no bathroom in the illegal apartment and urine was collected in a bucket, Nestor said.
Lefties are filthy and have generally poor hygiene habits and tend to live in squalor, is that your point?
By all means, let's not talk about the issues - they're too hard
BartSimpson @ Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:35 pm
C.M. Burns C.M. Burns:
By all means, let's not talk about the issues - they're too hard
Okay, so you support this bunch of weirdos who want to see the USA devolve into a state of anarchy and lawlessness?