After the hearing on Tuesday morning, October 19, members of the RNC 8 Defense Committee and defendant Garrett Fitzgerald addressed a large crowd of reporters and supporters. Here’s the text of Garrett’s statement to the crowd outside the courthouse on Kellogg Boulevard. These halls are advertised as a house of justice. In reality, this is [...]
The following statement was read by Garrett Fitzgerald before his sentencing at the plea hearing of October 19, 2010. Without giving a reason why–representative of her childish behavior all along–Judge Teresa Warner refused to allow him to quote the passage below from “The Lorax” in its entirety. 1. Judge, I have pleaded guilty to Conspiracy [...]
September 22 marked the final pre-trial hearing for the remaining four defendants of the RNC 8. Important details such as the jury selection process, outstanding issues with the evidence in the case and lists of witnesses and exhibits, the table arrangements for the defendants and defense attorneys during trial and other matters were all discussed. [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 17, 2010 Contact: Jude Ortiz (RNC 8 Defense Committee), 612.886.4565, press@rnc8.org; Attorney: Larry Leventhal, 612.333.5747 Deputy Chris Dugger Confirms Lack of Evidence to Support RNC 8 Conspiracy Charges FBI Informant Andrew Darst Evades Initial Subpoena, May Be Compelled to Appear on June 9 St. Paul, Minn. — On Friday, Ramsey County [...]
Today was the fourth day of the RNC 8 hearings. Most of the day was spent questioning Sergeant Jay Maher of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department Special Investigations Unit, who conducted extensive surveillance leading up to and following the RNC, worked with the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department informants and supervised some of the raids. Chris [...]
Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive Magazine, interviewed Garrett Fitzgerald and Max Specktor of the RNC 8 on his weekly half-hour radio show, Progressive Radio. This radio show is broadcasted on over 40 stations across the country. If you missed the interview, download the MP3 Podcast here or listen to it online here.
On Friday, March 3, Garrett Fitzgerald and Max Specktor appeared on WORT-FM Community Radio in Madison. Check out their hour-long appearance and discussion with callers on the noon-hour program A Public Affair. Download the show from the WORT archive: Garrett and Max on WORT – 27MB MP3 On Monday night, both will be speaking at [...]
The newest RNC documentary, produced by the Chicago Independent Media Center, features RNC 8 co-defendants Rob Czernik, Garrett Fitzgerald and Luce Guillen-Givins; RNC 8 attorney Robert Kolstad; volunteers/arrestees from the Community RNC Arrestee Support Structure (CRASS), and others impacted by the convention. One year after the 2008 Republican National Convention, the Chicago Independent Media Center [...]
One year after the fact, much of the corporate media has unsurprisingly looked to the official RNC narrative of the events of August and September, 2008. As one letter to the Minneapolis Star Tribune rebutted: Last year’s Republican National Convention may have given the Twin Cities a [supposed] $168 million economic boost (Star Tribune, Sept. [...]
In Minnesota, RNC 8 are back in court This month marks one year since the Republican National Convention came to St Paul, Minnesota where John McCain was crowned as the party’s Presidential candidate. More than 800 protestors were arrested during the 2008 RNC in a week-long crack down by city, county and federal law enforcement [...]