Police raid headquarters of RNC protesters

[DogPoundPup]

Source: cnn

Police raided a rental hall used by a group organizing protests at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Friday.

The RNC Welcoming Committee, which describes itself as "anarchist/anti-authoritarian," accused St. Paul police of trying to disrupt their protest planned for Monday, the day the GOP convention is set to begin.

While no one was arrested, the group said police temporarily detained and photographed at least 50 people who were inside the building.

St. Paul Police spokesman Tom Walsh said they were executing a search warrant.

"The cause for the search warrant is not public at this time," Walsh said.

As many as 30 police officers entered with guns drawn, according to witnesses in the building.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/30/rnc.protest/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

[JonLP24]

1. What a crock of SHIT!!

This is bullshit.

on edit; te police may know something I don't

[SissyBoy]

93. You Know And I Know This Is CRap But, .....

What are you going to do about it? I am pissed this stuff goes on and can't believe that people just stand for it. People see Abu-Gharib and do nothing. People see Guantanemo and do nothing. People see Waco and do nothing. What will it take for people to realize the Nazi Republivcans are evil.

[LaurenG]

2. We must be protected from protesters...?

Our government is off it's rocker. Remind me, what country do we live in?

[NeoConsSuck]

30. ameriKa

[ikojo]

100. In May 2003 St Louis City MO police raided several

homes on the eve of an anti GMO conference taking place in St Louis. Like at the RNC raids, the cops claimed that they found bomb making materials such as nails. All of the places raided were in the process of being rehabbed.

Even before the raid the city cops were frightening downtown St Louis businesses with scary stories of "50,000 "Seattle" anarchists" coming to our fair city. Businesses boarded up their windows in preparation for the anarchists that never arrived.

City cops arrested people riding their bikes using a little enforced (and at that time rescinded) ordinance) claiming they were riding their bikes without a permit. People were taken to the city jail on a Friday evening. Trust me the city of St Louis jail is not for the weak and it is very much an inner city jail.

Here is an essay written by Matthew Rothschild of the Progressive Magazine.

http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/protest=Crim.html

snip

Sarah Bantz is a member of the Missouri Resistance Against Genetic Engineering. Last May, she and several hundred others were gathering in St. Louis to protest against Monsanto and the World Agricultural Forum, which was meeting there.

On May 16, the first day of the protest weekend, Bantz and a small group of other activists went to the Regional Chamber and Growth Association to give their pitch on how biotech was hurting local farmers. After that meeting, she and her fellow activists piled into her van, but they were able to get only about a mile down the road when something unusual happened.

"All of a sudden there was one police car and then another, and I was pulled over," she recalls. "One officer came around and asked me to get out of the vehicle, which I did. The cop started to look through the van without permission. I had some Vitamin C pills sitting out, so they decided that was a drug and they were going to arrest me. They put me in cuffs and put me in the back of the car. They really had no grounds for arresting me, but I spent ten hours in jail." One reason they cited, along with the vitamins, was her failure to wear a seatbelt.

snip

Also on the same day, the police raided the Bolozone, an activist group home where many of the cyclists were staying. Reminiscent of police raids in Washington, D.C., during the 2000 World Bank-IMF protests, this one succeeded in detaining people prior to the demonstration.

[Doug.Goodall]

3. So the Reich Wing Republican gestapo raid a political gathering place

Let me start the list of things that are wrong with this picture

1. Drawn guns for a simple fire code violation

2. First Amendment protection of Political Speech

3. Pure bold faced political motivation for conducting the raid.

I could go on, but three will do for a start.

[coalition_unwilling]

5. 4. False arrest. And there were

members of Lawyers Guild present, acc to story in NY Times.

Get ready to pay out millions in damages, ye citizens of St. Paul.

[MilesColtrane]

15. The article says no one was arrested.

Not defending the cops...this was clearly a fishing expedition.

I don't think they can sue the police alleging 4th amendment violation as a search warrant was issued by a judge.

The ACLU will know what to do.

[coalition_unwilling]

20. My mistake. NY Times also confirms

no arrests. One person there says all there were handcuffed, photographed and required to produce ID or be subject to arrest. Charges unspecified.

[1monster]

40. Papiere, bitte!

[CherokeeDem]

24. Not a Fishing Expedition....

a scare tactic. If they had credible evidence of a serious problem they should have arrested or at least taken people in for questioning. It looks like scare tactics to me.

[MilesColtrane]

34. Certainly intimidation was the ultimate goal, but...

...I think the cops were at least hoping to find somebody with a couple of joints on them, just so they wouldn't look like such jag offs.

[defendandprotect]

36. Let me add . . . Right to Free Assembly. . . which we often ignore . ..

but I understand it's what got the Founders pretty pissed ---

[Daemonaquila]

44. The Denver judges refused to play along

but the St. Paul judges disappoint.

In Denver, they tried to get a warrant based on weapons at the Convergence space - based on wood and bricks outside. Hmm... better raid Home Depot just to be safe. Maybe they're fronts for Osama bin Laden.

[TankLV]

110. umm ..not quite...

in Denver, the DEMOCRATS were meeting, with a BLACK candidate, hence, no arrests for ANY weapons - 2nd Ammendment is GOD ya know and ANYBODY has GOT to be ALLOWED to carry LOADED weapons around ANYOLDTIME even at a POLITICAL RALLY...

so, if ("unfortunately") something BAD were to happen to a BLACK DEMOCRATIC candidate for President, well, can't be to "hasty" now can we, can't be "over zealous" now, can we...and after all WHAT A SHAME if something were to happen to a BLACK DEMOCRATIC candidate - again...

but, on the OTHER HAND...

CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL WITH THESE CRAZY LEFTWING RADICAL TYPES during the REPUKE convention, now, can we?!?!

[bjobotts]

72. They burst in with guns drawn and force them to have photos taken?

[bjobotts]

74. Republicans can't figure a way to have them shot yet?That is a police state

[SissyBoy]

92. Unreal, Looks Like WACO

I can't believe they pull this Elian Gonzalez tactics on peaceful protesters. What is this NAZI Germany. I told you the Repukes were evil.

[offog]

98. Gestapo tactics is right!

This is the first I've heard of this being about a fire code violation. What is it with cops?

[coalition_unwilling]

4. NY Times also has an article

about this in "Politics" section today. I'm on my mobile and cant paste link.

[DogPoundPup]

6. PLEASE ALSO READ:Police break down doors in night-time raid on anarchist meeting

Gabe’s question remained unanswered. Ramsey County sheriff’s deputies said they were executing a search warrant, but would not show a copy of the warrant to lawyers or reporters. More than a dozen police vehicles , almost all unmarked, and more than 20 sheriff’s deputies and St. Paul police arrived at the building about 9:45 Friday night and were still there at 1 a.m., when I left.
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2008/08/30/police-break-down-doors-night-time-raid-anarchist-meeting.html


LOTS of detail in this local paper,Twin Cities Daily Planet. article.

[coalition_unwilling]

10. Statement from RNC Welcoming

Committee as a sidebar with article.

Thanks for the link.

[coalition_unwilling]

35. One responder to TCDP story makes

valid point that organizers were only released bc they were white.

Had they been persons of color, they would have been arrested en masse. Or just burned alive (a la MOVE in Philadelphia, PA ca. 1985).

WE ARE ALL IRAQIS!

[SissyBoy]

95. I couldn't agree more

Just look at all the Africano Americans the ATF killed at WACO. John Conyers exposed the double standard. Just wait to BO gets elected he will straighten things out.

[Raksha]

76. My daughter is at Ground Zero in the Twin Cities right now!

She's with the Pagan Cluster, and her S.O. is there with her. I believe Starhawk is there too...she's a veteran of many, many demonstrations where the cops have used Gestapo tactics. I believe she trained the newbie demonstrators in non-violent resistqance. I hope so anyway. She sent me the article from the Daily Planet you posted. She was also an eyewitness to this raid and sent out an e-mail describing her reactions. I have asked for her permission to post her e-mails here on DU as I receive them.

[MnFats]

94. will do. and if it's ok wi/you/her we will offer prayer to the creator as well

or just send warmth and healing vibes

[pattmarty]

7. Sieg Heil!!!!!! Velcome to Amerika.....

[ohio2007]

8. wonder if "the walls have ears" now ? nt

[Tesla]

9. This is sooo scary

WHat country are we in>
I used to hear stories about this activity in the Soviet Union and think,"I'm so lucky its not my country". I'm sad.
:applause:

[Doug.Goodall]

11. Maybe there is a fly on the wall too

<>
Miniature Spy Camera

http://www.pimall.com/nais/pivintage/stekythreeb.html

[ohio2007]

45. but is it admissable evidence in court ?

What an anarchist says behind closed doors is often just "bark".

[MnFats]

85. this will force people to communicate John Gotti style..

...you go for a walk on the sidewalk, talk in a barely audible whisper and hold a newspaper in front of your mouth so lip-readers can't pick up what you're saying...

[tblue37]

88. Hmmmm--I am a severely hearing-impaired lipreader. Maybe the government has a highly-paid

surveillance job for me in our new fascist state.

[Demeter]

89. Sure! For Civil Rights Violations!

You betcha we've got evidence! Now to get some lawyers and an honest judge....

[Stern21]

12. Events like this and the new "Free Speech" zones tell us more than we

would like to know about the state of the union.

[coalition_unwilling]

13. This story needs to go viral in

a big way!

All oppression breeds resistance - Mao (loosely translated)

Along those lines, what do they think this is, Beijing pre-Olympics?

[Stump]

14. There is a search warrant...

I would like to see the affidavit to see what the probable cause is. They will have to file this warrant soon and it will become public knowledge. A judge or magistrate had to sign off on this...will be interesting.

[MilesColtrane]

17. Some judge needs to have his ass in a sling over this.

The fucking judiciary is supposed to protect our rights against cops with hard ons.

[NBachers]

19. Some plant working inside

made up some lies to justify the warrant. Whadda you wanna bet?

[jberryhill]

103. I'll take that bet...

Since the better bet is that the affidavit was based on the group's video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njxmbOitsb8

Which shows - in a satiric context - but shows nonetheless:

- A soundtrack saying "I'm gonna getcha"

- A molotov cocktail

- "riot training"

- a "strike at a recruiting office" (complete with bowling ball and pins)

The video is cute. Film critics the police are not.

Put that list of things in a search warrant affidavit, and you are going to get a search warrant.

[Trillo]

67. Big Brother's SECRET Warrant

"The cause for the search warrant is not public at this time," Walsh said.

A secret warrant: how can anyone know if one actually existed before the raid?

I was under the impression that warrants were in writing and must be shown upon demand to occupants when police enter. So much for that historical rumor, otherwise now known as a lie.

[Daemonaquila]

77. There was a warrant - but it was ludicrous

Most of the materials listed for the manufacture of bombs include glass jars, rags, string... you know, stuff you find in any home. The warrant also included a search for FECES. I'm sure they'll find some of those... when they search the bathroom. Of course, it also included all info found in the house, and electronics. It specifically mentioned X-Boxes. Yea, those things are really dangerous.

[Swagman]

90. the person a search warrant is served on is entitled to see it and to a copy

[NoodleyAppendage]

16. And, thus the Pigs reinforce the anti-authoritarianism of the protesters.

I think we can now EXPECT that the protesters will be more disruptive and violent because of this aggression by the authorities.

Legally, can one be forced to submit to having their picture taken if the person is not under arrest and was in a private residence?

J

[kas125]

52. That was my question, too. If I'd been there I'd have refused

just to see what would happen.

These incidents are designed to scare people and keep them from going to the RNC, but it's not working. Everyone I know who is going, including myself, are more determined than ever to go stand up to those criminals after reading about these rights violations.

[MnFats]

83. Correct.. no 'minnesota nice' now

they could have pulled this off with a minimum of hostility & disruption. Not now.

and I am hearing that others around the midwest and maybe beyond, who had in mind not to come are now packing their bags and carpooling from campuses all over..

people get ready, there's a train coming...

[EV_Ares]

18. Well, by the time this Gestapo convention is over move MN into the Dems column, eom

[coalition_unwilling]

26. Or into the Dem Socialist column. I cant

imagine the citizens of the county appreciate having their tax dollars sqandered on these fascist brownshirts' tactics, not to mention civil damages for rights violations.

[Solly Mack]

21. So glad we're free

sheesh

[bahrbearian]

25. Remember those soldiers dying in Iraq are protecting your Freedoms

[Solly Mack]

27. Scary isn't it? That people believe that...

[TankLV]

53. yeah - I noticed THAT BULLSHIT long ago...

and call the idiots who repeat such garbage on it IMMEDIATELY and LOUDLY...

[Eric J in MN]

22. Search warrants are secret now?

People have guns pointed at them and get photographed, but they don't need to be told why?

[AlbertCat]

23. Well, y'know how sensitive Repugs are!

They get so upset when you correct their mistakes, point out that they are going about it all wrong, ask them to clean up their mess, or even hint at disagreeing with what their daddy told them. Y'know, 2 year olds. We can't have those big meany-weeny bullies messing up their cake and ice cream party and hurting their feelings!

Besides, they love playing "cops & robbers" (when they get to be both at the same time!)

[lonestarnot]

28. What the hell?

So somebody infiltrated the group, told a lie and then this and a judge went with the lie? No wonder we didn't object to China's treatment of their people, we've become just like them! Trouble with this is now will the peaceful protest escalate into something more demonstrable for haveing rights intentionally and willfully compromised based on a warrant no one saw until after the fact. ACLU I hope you are on it!

[coalition_unwilling]

32. All oppression breeds resistance -n\t

[lonestarnot]

33. And the rougher it gets, the rougher it gets!

RESIST!

[Webster Green]

29. The U.S. is a fucking fascist shit-hole..

Look what we have become!!

Wake the fuck up, America! :mad:

[L. Coyote]

31. Anarchists would never contemplate a crime! They were hunting Osama!!

30 police officers entered with guns drawn.
Imagine what they expected with so many guns!
I bet they are still looking for Osama bin Laden.

Good to see they are still on the case :sarcasm:

[lonestarnot]

37. Just saw St. Paul Mayor who is a democrat say that Sheriff's office to have a news conference

in a little while to do some splain'n. hmmmf.

[coalition_unwilling]

63. Cover-up in progress including, but not limited to,

retroactively editing their "secret warrant" to bring its probable cause into line with what was seized post hoc.

[lonestarnot]

78. Convenient.

[geardaddy]

79. Chris Coleman's a good man.

I hope he nails the po po and judge to the wall.

[bagrman]

38. Hows that Police state tasting.

[go west young man]

39. And some folks at DU complain about Russia these days.

We are closer to the former Soviet Union than they are. Military police, assigned protest areas, illegal raids, elections where your brother appoints his friends to help "elect" you, people get suicided, laws aren't enforced against the party in power, false information is given to the people, people are kidnapped in the name of the state, people are searched and held without a reason. Man America has slid downhill fast.

[Hubert Flottz]

41. "Shock And Awe" works anytime, anywhere!

Jackbooted people with guns drawn is nothing new. It happens all the time in third world countries.

[Lint Head]

42. Hey everybody! Don't you get it yet? We live in a Theocratic

Fascist State. There is no freedom. Freedom of speech is relegated to 'Free Speech Zones'. They are free speech zones in name only.
It won't be long before the internet has technical free speech zones. The People need to do something or all is lost. Voting the bastards out is not changing anything. :dem:

[Daemonaquila]

43. Followup - 3 houses raided

Three houses used by activist groups have been raided this AM. The only info available publicly right now is through Independent Media.

http://www.minnesotaindependent.com/6158/breaking-food-not-bombs-house-among-saturday-raids
http://twincities.indymedia.org/

[DogPoundPup]

47. Longstanding Berkeley Community Center Raided by FBI August 27th

*Berkeley, CA* — At 10:30 am on Wednesday, August 27th, the UC Berkeley police, plainclothes FBI agents, and an Alameda County sheriff raided at gunpoint the Long Haul, a long-standing community library and info shop. Police spent at least an hour and a half searching the premises without allowing Long Haul members entry to their building. More than a dozen computers and other equipment were seized in the morning raid. Having made no attempt to contact Long Haul members, agents forced their way into the building by entering a neighboring non-profit office with guns drawn. Police refused to provide a search warrant until after the raid was over and property was seized.
http://thelonghaul.org/?p=12

Is this how the FBI knew where to look in Minneapolis?

[Hubert Flottz]

46. The are just Getting With The NeoKKKon's Pogrom

Fucking those folks up for their own good I think is what they call that.

[go west young man]

48. Ya gotta love their sense of humor!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6PLwOt0Bls

[go west young man]

51. And this one gives the local BullShit news story.

Apparently the police forgot to notice the Food Not Bombs portion of the previous vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo5CQw-EJAg&feature=related

[geardaddy]

82. great video

I know where that cafe is. I'll never tell though. ;)

[Pierre.Suave]

97. Maybe you can tell me

and we can meet there.

:P

[jberryhill]

102. Someone didn't appreciate the molotov cocktail shown at 1:10

...which was probably the basis for the warrant.

[Danger Mouse]

49. What the fuck. Gun drawn? What is with these people? Is this how they show how macho they are?

:puke:

[TankLV]

50. wow - and we are somehow SURPRISED at this development?

NOW can we compare the REPUKE party to their mentor, the NAZI party?

Just how many MORE examples does it take?!?!

[Avidor]

54. Look for Video on The Uptake Soon

Raid in South Minneapolis:

http://theuptake.org/

[iamthebandfanman]

55. oh the irony

of 'anarchist' organising and having a meeting...


still BS tho if there was no good reason ....

but at any rate, i win cause i get a laugh outa 'anarchist' gathering together.

[Cal Carpenter]

60. You may want to read up on anarchism then

because there really is no irony in them having a meeting. It's anarchism, not random individualistic chaos.

You can start with wiki if you are interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism

[iamthebandfanman]

66. sorry but

sorry, i dont go by wikipedia, i suggest you not do the same..

heres the definition of Anarchist in the dictionary :
1. A person who advocates or believes in anarchy or anarchism.
2. A person who seeks to overturn by violence all constituted forms of institutions of society and government, with no purpose of establishing any other system of order in the place of that destroyed.
3. A person who promotes disorder or excites revolt against any established rule, law, or custom

in a perfect utopian world, anarchism would work...it would suggest people were evoled and responsible enough to actually live without some sort of rule of law...
i hate to break it to everybody but human being arent even close to being able to put aside their massive egos along with their greed in order to respect the privacy or even exsistance of others.
if we were to break down the establishment to nothing these days, it would be pure chaos in which noone would thrive or progress.

im all for the idea when that day comes though. i wont be holding my breath

[Cal Carpenter]

69. Alright, I'll bite.

Believe me, I do not think wiki is a great source in general but I figured it was a good starting point since your comment indicated a complete lack of knowledge about anarchism.

It is a complex social theory with many factions - the dictionary definition is even less useful than the wiki entry. Maybe the secret warrant used the dictionary for evidence, lol.

You can opine about it all you want but still you have shown no understanding of anarchism as a social theory.

Here's another source of info, if you are actually interested in learning about it:

http://flag.blackened.net/daver/anarchism/bakunin/bakunin.html

When you're done with that, if you want more, check this out:

http://flag.blackened.net/daver/anarchism/index.html

More to your liking?

And I am not an anarchist, for the record, and by pointing out your erroneous comment above I wasn't mounting a defense of anarchism. But if you wish to opine or debate about anarchism, again, I suggest you learn what the fuck it is first.

[Bob Dobbs]

62. This stupid meme gets old.

Anarchism DOES NOT MEAN they can't organize.

Like organizing somehow negates their credibility.

Why don't you get out from behind your keyboard and do some real work for progress.

[L0oniX]

56. Police brutality ...the fun part of law enforcement ...America ...don't cha just luv it

[Piewhacket]

57. Wake up America!

Kinda looks like secret police tactics, huh? Do you suppose the raid was based on the journalist notes that were illegally seized last week from journalist who WEREN'T trespassing? Anyway, please keep in mind that When City police go awry, it is the City government officials who are responsible and to blame.

Below are the people who run the St Paul police authority. Matters of Citizen complaints about police conduct are referred to Chief of Police who is stated as the final authority on case disposition and discipline. In other words, there is no meaningful official police oversight other than the local courts or US justice department run by .. yup. Get it now? OK, then.

Law enforcement is fully engaged in post-9/11 mentality, that is, "intelligence" and "prevention" rather than "law enforcement". They don't intend to collect evidence for prosecution or to obey the constitution, and particularly not the 4th amendment. That would be "pre-9/11 thinking", perish the thought that officials would be obliged to obey the law.

The detention and collection of citizen dossiers because of suspician or for purpose of political intimidation and lacking any taint of probable cause of criminality, or based on "secret evidence" which cannot be challenged, this is what is meant by the FBI and police authority as "post 9/11 thinking". But this would not occur without political leaders who abrogate their oversight responsibilities and look the other way, or worse.

Perhaps it is time for citizens to consider some post 9/11 thinking of their own. Police States happen because the machinery of executive power, the guardians of power, chaff against restraint. So, in a democracy, who guards the guardians?
Goddammit, YOU DO!


++++++++++++LINKS+++++++
SAINT PAUL MINNESOTA
City Government
http://www.stpaul.gov/index.asp?NID=56

Complain About Police Service
http://www.stpaul.gov/index.asp?NID=2302

Police Chief John M. Harrington
http://www.stpaul.gov/index.asp?nid=1805

Mayor Christopher B. Coleman
http://www.stpaul.gov/index.asp?nid=2298
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

On a happier note: Put some intelligence and insightful humor in Government at last. Voice your support for Al Franken for US Senate in Minnisota. (http://www.alfranken.com/). The US needs Al in the Senate! Go Go Al!

[minnesota_liberal]

58. I hadn't planned to participate in any protests

...but I just changed my mind.

Off to gear up!

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

59. What a Crock of Fucking Crap

their goddamned lists.

[Hulk]

61. If this had happened in Denver....I would be JUST AS upset.

We are not "becoming"...but we ARE a police state any longer.

I would like to hear the reason for this "search warrant".

I am anti-anarchist...but they also have rights. Will we lock them up indefinitely next, and ship them off to one of malkin's cities somewhere??

America is in real trouble. The neocon/fascists are very afraid, and I'm not sure that is a good thing while this criminal administration is in power yet.

[Bob Dobbs]

65. There was plenty that happened in Denver to be upset about.

The protests in Denver were very restrained, yet fascist push back was brutal and omnipresent.

The "Homeland Security" militarization of the Denver Police will have long ranging implications for The People who will have to live there after the DNC has gone. Denver is a test market for the new amerikkkan fascism.

[Suji to Seoul]

64. I have a couple of questions.

While no one was arrested, the group said police temporarily detained and photographed at least 50 people who were inside the building.

St. Paul Police spokesman Tom Walsh said they were executing a search warrant.

"The cause for the search warrant is not public at this time," Walsh said.

1: Probably cause for the issuance of the search warrant?

2: What judge would allow this on a political organization?

3: WHERE THE HELL IS THE OUTRAGE!?!?!

Welcome to the the regimentation of America. Please leave your Civil Privileges as the door! You won't need them anymore!

[jberryhill]

104. Probable cause...

...is at 1:10 in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njxmbOitsb8

[Suji to Seoul]

107. So, the next Hollywood movie that shows that should be raided?

I don't get your meaning.

[jberryhill]

108. They shouldn't have been raided in the first place...

...but it's not a Hollywood movie. It is a YouTube video made by the group that says "We're getting ready" for the republicon convention, and shows someone using a molotov cocktail.

The molotov cocktail is used for comedic effect, but if a cop puts into a search warrant affidavit that the group has published a video showing the use of a molotov cocktail, then that cop is going to get the warrant application granted.

[Suji to Seoul]

109. Satire is now grounds for police raids

I how Lorne Michaels knows that.

[DB1]

68. So are the police wearing brown shirts yet?

[dana_b]

70. Arrrrrghhh!!!

fuckin' Repugs!! God, please let's get rid of these immoral, small minded, Gestapo-like thugs in November.

[coalition_unwilling]

71. Folks, this is really serious, and

getting more serious by the hour.

Please see post 43 on this thread (and the two links contained therein) for credible reports of Twin Cities mass sweeps by the fascists.

Kristallnacht comes to the Heartland!

[iconicgnom]

73. Photographed. Put on watch list.

[go west young man]

75. Another link to RNC Welcoming Committee videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSljIwGsFJI&eurl=http://twincities.indymedia.org/

[lonestarnot]

81. Beautiful!

:applause: I tried to tell everyone protestors would be treated differently at RNC convention and it has already begun.

[Veilex]

80. this reeks of corruption to me

My guess is that within 56 days, it will be declared and "ongoing investigation"....


"On the fifty-sixth day following the issuance of a search warrant, the search warrant affidavit contained in any court file or court record retention system is public information unless, before the fifty-sixth day after the search warrant is issued, a peace officer or prosecuting attorney obtains a suppression order from a magistrate upon a showing under oath that suppression of the affidavit is necessary to protect an ongoing investigation or the privacy or safety of a victim or witness. The suppression order may be obtained ex parte in the same manner that the search warrant was issued. An initial suppression order issued under this subsection expires on the fifty-sixth day after the order is issued. A second or subsequent suppression order may be obtained in the same manner as the initial suppression order and shall expire on a date specified in the order. This subsection and subsection (7) do not affect a person's right to obtain a copy of a search warrant affidavit from the prosecuting attorney or law enforcement agency under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246."

http://law.onecle.com/michigan/780-criminal-procedure/mcl-780-651.html

[Raksha]

84. K & R, because my daughter is in the Twin Cities right now.

She's going to be part of the demonstration. Her name is Rebecca, aka Riyana. Everyone, please send prayers and positive thoughts her way.

[Raksha]

99. I just posted my daughter's eyewitness e-mail in GD.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3885612

[tblue37]

86. Fascism. n/t

[wundermaus]

87. So it begins: Pre-RNC, police confiscate artist/videographers' equipment

8.27.2008

"Without provocation, Minneapolis police recently confiscated the equipment and notes of three artist/journalists who are part of New York's Glass Bead Collective, a group that documents police misconduct, legal protest activities, and the phenomenon of political conventions. Two MPD squads and a sheriff's car stopped the trio and seized their belongings without consent, taking cameras, computers and notes. No charges were filed and the three were released, but without their gear. The UpTake has must-see video of a press event with the three artists -- Vlad Teichberg, Olivia Katz and Anita Braithwaite -- and their lawyer, Minneapolis' top civil-liberties attorney, Bruce Nestor. Please spread the word!"

http://eyeteeth.blogspot.com/2008/08/so-it-begins-pre-rnc-police-confiscate.html

[Truth2Tell]

91. Can we call it fascism yet? nt

[fascisthunter]

96. Sounds Like a Police State to Me

and how will we know law enforcement was within their right to enact in such a pre-emptively authoritarian manner.... we don't.

[farmboxer]

101. Nazi orders?

Sounds Rovian.

[moodforaday]

105. Glenn Greenwald has been at two of the raided homes

Massive police raids on suspected protestors in Minneapolis - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/30/police_raids/index.html

Incredible stuff.

[sasori]

106. What. the. Hell.

This is crap, and you know it.:argh:

[endless october]

111. jack booted thugs

apparently need to read the First Amendment.