Petition: Call For An Investigation Of Police Conduct At The RNC The arrests and harassment of nonviolent protesters and journalists covering the Republican National Convention demands a full investigation. We call upon the elected officials of Minneapolis and St. Paul to immediately launch an investigation of all law enforcement agencies involved in policing the RNC. [...]
International Press Republicans mocking U.S. constitutional rights – Aljazeera National Press RNC Charges Dropped Against Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! Producers – Alter Net Local Press Dissent under fire at the RNC – TC Daily Planet Video & Audio Election Unspun – RNC and DNC Protesters – Where are they now? – Pacifica Radio Protester [...]
Forum: Police Tactics @ RNC – Minneapolis, MN Tuesday, September 23, 2008 7:30 PM Walker Church 3104 16th Ave S (16th Avenue South at 32nd St.) Minneapolis, MN map A panel forum sponsored by the North East Suburban Greens regarding the police tactics during the RNC in the Twin Cities. The presenters on the panel are people [...]
Defend the RNC 8! Saturday. October 4, 2008 4:00 pm Donations: $5-$250,000 – nobody turned away (ALL proceeds go to legal defense of RNC 8) The location: Mayday Books 301 Cedar Ave. South (basement of HUB Bicycle) West Bank, Minneapolis, MN Map The Meal: Vegan-vegetarian Texas 2-Bean Chile, sweet cornbread, tortilla chips and desserts. Yum! A [...]
St. Paul City Council member, Ward 2, Dave Thune has called for an open City Council Meeting to discuss the RNC. Wednesday, September 24, 2008 5:30 pm – open to the public Location: Council chambers 300 City Hall 15 Kellogg Blvd., West St. Paul, MN map From Dave Thune: The whole RNC experience left such a [...]
Mordecai Specktor is the father of Max Specktor, one of the RNC 8. He is the editor of the American Jewish World, in which this article first appeared. It was reprinted at MinnPost.com. First they came for the anarchists… By Mordecai Specktor | My son Max was arraigned at the Ramsey County Law Enforcement Center on Wednesday, Sept. [...]
Discussion on the RNC Protests – Minneapolis, MN Saturday, September 20 at 2:00 p.m. at the Brian Coyle Center 420 15th Ave S Minneapolis, MN (one block west of Cedar & Riverside intersection; one block from Cedar-Riverside Light Rail station) map What happened and what can we learn from it? Were the protests successful? Why or [...]
National Press Policies for Repression – Baltimore Indymedia List of Journalists Arrested at the RNC – Free Press (also lists the charges against journalists) Local Press Ramsey County Sheriffs Still Roaming into Hennepin County on Fishing Expedition – Twin Cities Indymedia St. Paul Police union on RNC security planning: ‘The ball was dropped’ – Minnesota [...]
National Press Questions Emerge Over Police Conduct in St. Paul – New York Times Video & Audio Shamako Noble, Hip Hop Congress, (Wikipedia page) from RNC Welcoming Committee Press Conference Brian Hokanson, from the RNC Welcoming Committee Press Conference Blogs & Commentary First they came for the anarchists … – by Mordecai Specktor Stormtroopin’ - by William [...]
Local Press Fun for the whole family – Minnesota Public Radio Fox News profile of Leah Lane, brutalized during RNC in MN – Fox News 9 Blogs & Commentary RNC Raids: Police Intimidate Community Organizers and Activists – by Rebecca Trotzky Sirr St. Paul Mayor Coleman and the RNC protests – Booga Face No free [...]