h/t to tristero at Hullabaloo, who has this to say:
Your police state at work. Be sure to listen to the mp3 of the arrest. It's chilling.Do we need any further proof that the country doesn't need another four years of Republican rule?
UPDATE: Video [see above] of Amy Goodman's arrest. h/t Avedon at Eschaton.
UPDATE II: Call to demand Goodman's release:
Democracy Now! is calling on all journalists and concerned citizens to call the office of Mayor Chris Coleman and the Ramsey County Jail and demand the immediate release of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar. These calls can be directed to: Chris Rider from Mayor Coleman’s office at 651-266-8535 and the Ramsey County Jail at 651-266-9350 (press extension 0).
UPDATE: Digby has a great link list for following the police action in St. Paul, in her post Tas R Nation.
Glen Greenwald and Firedoglake have been following this closely..
DNC - RNC - Troops Out Now (an activist group).
Legal Team.
Legal team's twitter update.
Minnesota Indymedia.
Minnesota Blue (a liberal Democratic site).
Minneapolis Star Tribune Convention page.
Google Blogsearch: "Republican + convention + arrests".
Googlenews search: "Republican + convention + arrests".
Cut and paste these:
www.theuptake.org The Uptake
www.submedia.tv The Stimulator
www.tcdailyplanet.net Twin Cities Daily Planet
www.minnesotaindependent.com The Minnesota Independent
1 comment:
What's really scary is that these cops act out these orders they're given. How many times do we have to see cops Tazering kids or roughly arresting peaceful protesters before we start seeing them shooting bullets into crowds and gassing us all to death?
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