Twin Cities Violence: Just What The RNC Ordered

[marmar]

from OurFuture.org:



Twin Cities Violence: Just What The RNC Ordered
By Sara Robinson

September 2nd, 2008 - 2:04pm ET


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It almost seems like the Twin Cities cops are going way out of their way to create trouble, doesn't it?

We had our share of ugly police events in Denver—almost all of them resulting when party leaders ordered police to harass journalists trying to document swanky confabs between fat cats and industry lobbyists. But, even so, one did not get the impression that the legions in black Gore-Tex were going out of their way to create trouble, let alone incite public riots. Mostly, they were remarkably live-and-let-live.

On the other hand, law enforcement in the Twin Cities tipped their hand Friday night that they're so ready to rumble that they're perfectly willing to throw the first punch, if that's what it takes to get the riot started. Glenn Greenwald and FDL's Lindsay Beyerstein have been providing summary coverage of events as they unfolded; in their reporting, it's all too clear that there are lot of powerful people involved who are spoiling for a street fight with progressives.

At the local level, according to a National Lawyers Guild attorney interviewed by Greenwald, there's Ramsay County Sheriff Bob Fletcher, a "right-wing authoritarian" who is apparently gunning for a bigger share of the Homeland Security pie—and thinks that invading "hippie houses" is the key to that.

At the district level, we have warrants being signed by federal district court judges, and guys wearing FBI jackets milling around on the various bust scenes. That tells you that whatever is going on here, it's not just a matter of local cops getting too big for their britches.

And at the level of the national campaign, we have plenty of motivation to turn RNC '08 into a replay of DNC '68. ......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2008093602/twin-cities-violence-just-what-rnc-ordered

[shraby]

1. Isn't what the twin cities are getting exactly what

Limbaugh advocated for Denver?

[madrchsod]

2. they expected a big turn out but it did`t work out that way

so to justify their expenditures they have decided to start the fights. the first busts were groups that they inflitrated but after that they turned on everyone else...

welcome to st paul

[Greyhound]

3. Police riots, 1968 redeaux.

Just keep pushing it morans, the whole fucking country was on fire that summer, this time the fighters are not dedicated to non-violence.
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