They have targeted DN!

It is sad and shocking to see one of the most decent and patriotic of all Americans treated so disgracefully.

Poor Amy! Though I'm sure she can handle herself, this totally sucks. I saw her speak at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this past year and she had the entire auditorium in tears. A very moving speaker. She's doing the Lord's work, as my mom would say.

Anyone else old enough to remember when we were reminded daily that this police state oppression only took place under communism?

Thank you, George Bush and the Prepugnic**ts.

It can't happen here?

More Video today @ http://theuptake.org

WE DO LIVE IN A POLICE STATE !! I was there as a Citizen Journalist. What B.S.

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 Amy 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).

Please God, Buddha, Allah SAVE US ALL

I saw a religious jesus lover(I dont love him, I never met him)
Calling all of US SINNERS !! I agree.

This really did suck !

so who else is gonna get knocked up so they can cover up the takeover by the police state

hope amy sues the shit out of the city...becomes rich and buys the white house

To those that were asking: see, we were on it. There were some technical problems, is all. Did you really think C&L wouldn't post on this? :-)

I like how the guy insists she was doing something illegal. she was asking a question and then yanked back.

You don't think this election cycle is important. this shxt is getting worse....i give these people credit with brutality and the tasers. the bottom line is we need to rally our voters come November if we don't we're going to have more rights/freedoms taken away.
Now the (R) has given there evangelical base something in sarah palin....personally some of you thinks she is nice attractive and all those adjectives....she is an ultra-conservative with a shit eating grin.if mccain/palin get in and they will change the face of the u.s. supreme court.
that's not a one issue consideration the u.s. supreme court is involved in many decisions and often follows party philosophies.

is this no longer the open thread?

if not...take the following post down

if it is...please, i urge everyone to read this take on todays "shocking" developments

http://everyonesyvonne.blogspot.com/2008/09/introducing-bristol-palin-po...

it is interesting to note that no minor in alaska has a choice, and all that hoo ha about palin being a member of feminists for life is just that...hoo ha

the woman doesnt believe in contraception...even during marriage

she supports abstinence only education

this is not about bristol....this is about sarah palin and her desire to allow the government to control a woman's body and mind

I would also be in jail if I had witnessed any of these illegal arrests, although my arrest would be for disorderly conduct. I'm so angry right now that I feel like getting a flight to St. Paul and joining anything anti- Bush, GOP, St. Paul military state police.

One of the left's finest arrested, sad day.

The rules have changed
It's not the same
It's all new players in a whole new ballgame.

suggestion to all protestors

just start chanting

THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING

THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING

this is the recreate 68 protest

fucking pigs

The anarchists get this stuff started every time. They give the police every excuse they need. I was in the WTO riots in seattle and watched them all the time.

I was a part of the volunteer staff today at this rally, to not only to protect the marchers but the police as well. It is not only shocking that Amy Goodman was arrested but that this entire event has been publicized by the press as anything else but violence, violence and more violence. It was not. There were small coalitions that separated off of the main march before and after the rally and this is what they choose to show the public. Reporters and police estimated that less than 10,000 people were in attendance. This is also untrue. There were an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people who marched side by side for more than two miles, to and from the capital, in a peaceful protest against the War. I was proud to watch as many walked hand in hand with their children and sang songs and raised voices for peace. This is not what they want you to see. What we should be asking ourselves is why were there so many police? Why do they have 8 foot fences with barbed wire in our city, blocking of any possible entry or exit? Why do they barricade the streets and bridges with trucks and military vehicles? Why are we surrounded by Mini-van after Mini-van, SUV after SUV, Truck after Truck, helicopter after helicopter and car after car, of both military and police officials? Her release should be immediate.

"Anarchists are plotting the overthrow of the government. "

Not trying to be a jerk, but how much of anarchism have you personally read? I'm sure you're aware that most every subject is far different once you read into it than the generalizations that are given about the subject, especially by those in the media and amongst the elites who have an incentive to lie.

There are many different types of anarchists, including individualist anarchists who aren't much different than libertarians. All of them however believe in what amounts to democracy, direct action (although they spend hours arguing over meaningless semantics) and are not against government per say. They just want a minimal government that is representative & under the control of the people themselves, not the nobles elected to run our lives.

So, like in this outdated and broken democracy, you don't elect someone who will ignore what their constituents want. You elect someone, the majority of the people want things like universal healthcare and the politician can ignore the will of those who voted for them if they want or are paid enough by entrenched interests.

In anarchism you might have representatives but they are nothing more than administrators. They do what the people tell them to and if they don't they're recalled and replaced with someone who will.

Any rate, these raids are along the same logic as "pre-emptive" war, only it is not attacking groups claimed to be direct military threats. The raids are to stop thought and free speech. You can protest in this new and improved USA, you just have to go to the assigned cage that your elected representive voted for in some bill you never saw or approved. If you have a problem with that, well some protestors threw a rock at a car or something so that justifies you having no rights and these raids.

Why people stick up for being treated like mindless sheep is beyond me, it will bite them in the ass though eventually and no one will feel sorry for them when it does.

It seems to me that Amy could have been targeted. Since she was in the Excel center at the time she heard the news, what do you want to bet her producers were targeted to lure her out there. Amy Goodman has alot of infomation and details about the raids that have been going on. Seems like they are trying to discredit her before more is disclosed about the illegal raids that have been taking place.

As I was marching, there were various serveillance cameras all over the place. I noticed in several of the buildings there were people set up with long range cameras. There were two helicopters continuously flying over and thousands of riot (blackwater). Even though they had all of this, I saw maybe one or two baricades in place and no instructions were posted or offered from any of these riot police as to where you could and could not be.

The vandalism and destruction of property did not happen during the march. These events took place either before or after the protest march. When I got to work this morning, I asked a couple of my coworkers if they were witness to any of this, and they said no. Were we at the same protest? Even as we marched past a handful of GOP warmongers, there was very little back and forth with them as many protestors recognized it was not worth their time to engage the GOP warmongers. Afterall, this would have given them the attention they so desperately wanted.

You people are a joke. Amy was told, numerous times despite your editing, to return to the other side of the barricade. She repeatedly refused. She was warned to return to the other side of the barricade. Again, she continued to refuse. She was arrested. And you want the cops sued for that? How are the cops to know who she is? How are the cops to know whether or not she has a bomb on her? They were doing their jobs. Had Amy followed the law she would have been able to get her message out and not be arrested. I also love how the left always refers to the GOP as warmongers. I was at the DNC to protest. Not one of us got arrested. Not one of us threw urine or a park bench. St. Paul? Not exactly the same city. That's why there was such a marked police and LEA presence in St. Paul. Because 10 times 10 times 10 times 10, liberals at a protest it will more often than not turn violent. Who remembers the violence that rocked Seattle when the WTO met there? Rampant destruction. Look at some of the comments here. "Instead of running away, they need to attack full force and R I O T!!! Insurrection is a totally valid form of protest when your government has become oppressive, ask Thomas Jefferson." Anyone who thinks things are anywhere near what it was like back in the 1770's is completely delusional. And as for rioting, Jefferson was utterly aghast when Virginian commoners rioted and tarred and feathered a local portmaster. Jefferson commented that to do so was wrong as he was merely following his orders as set forth by the monarchy of Britain. Rioting is never the answer.

"Each of these people has been involved in some criminal activity..."

Wow!!!! Does anyone remember when it took a judge or jury of our peers to render that decision? WTF is happening to our country?

Keith @ 365:

You people are a joke. Amy was told, numerous times despite your editing, to return to the other side of the barricade. She repeatedly refused. She was warned to return to the other side of the barricade. Again, she continued to refuse. She was arrested. And you want the cops sued for that? How are the cops to know who she is? How are the cops to know whether or not she has a bomb on her? They were doing their jobs. Had Amy followed the law she would have been able to get her message out and not be arrested. I also love how the left always refers to the GOP as warmongers. I was at the DNC to protest. Not one of us got arrested. Not one of us threw urine or a park bench. St. Paul? Not exactly the same city. That's why there was such a marked police and LEA presence in St. Paul. Because 10 times 10 times 10 times 10, liberals at a protest it will more often than not turn violent. Who remembers the violence that rocked Seattle when the WTO met there? Rampant destruction. Look at some of the comments here. "Instead of running away, they need to attack full force and R I O T!!! Insurrection is a totally valid form of protest when your government has become oppressive, ask Thomas Jefferson." Anyone who thinks things are anywhere near what it was like back in the 1770's is completely delusional. And as for rioting, Jefferson was utterly aghast when Virginian commoners rioted and tarred and feathered a local portmaster. Jefferson commented that to do so was wrong as he was merely following his orders as set forth by the monarchy of Britain. Rioting is never the answer.

I agree with the majority of your points except for where you generalized that most left-leaning people are anarchists and molotov cocktail-throwers. For one thing, what you were protesting at the DNC wouldn't have had the protections against Free Speech put in place for which your party is known for implementing across the board.

Free speech never has a place where any Republicans publicly assemble, which inherently makes the Republican Party a party of fascists by definition.

[Deleted. Scott, get a sense of decency and freedom. You've obviously been deprived-Sitemonitor]

Most cops and military men I have known have always been the on the conservative side of the fince. The republicans have turned dissent to being the equal of being anti-American, and police with a facist bent have no problem to exercise their poitical believes by arrest. Add the current view of the "liberals"fence anlog with the state of fear that has been developed in the US of A, and the transition to the police state is very easy.

I have no doubt that they relish in the ability to arrest and lock up those who do not hold their veiws, and they can do this since there is no longer any contols on the bad behavior of cops. A police office has tremendous power, and in reality they can do whatever they like. You can be locked up for doing absolute nothing wrong, and then you have to deal with the consiquences, not the arresting officer.

Do you think any of these cops will get punished for violating our constituional rights? Maybe after six months when the laywers get involved the charges will be dropped and some pittance will be paid by the city in recognition of the wrong.

But in the mean time, their mission will have been accomplished and that is the suppresion of dissent.

I am not opposed to police officers enforcing the laws, but when the military and the police turn on non-violent protestors, there is something seriously wrong. Why do you thnk they cna get away with this? Our president is the biggest violater, setting the example that the constitution, rule of law, and trial by jury is something that can be ignored, than those who want to become facist see there actions as something good.

Time to clean house folks.

"How are the cops to know whether or not she has a bomb on her?"

What an amazing crock of shit. Who, at this point, has been more violent? The cops, who began arresting people BEFORE the convention and in inticipation of offenses not yet commited (call it the Minority Report strategy I guess) or the peopel protesting?

How could you defend there being "free speech zones"? If this whole country a "free speech zone" or are we now only allowing free speech in cages they build for people who try to take part in democracy here? The lobbyists have free speech, INSIDE the halls though. Hell, they're paying for most of the events, paying for dinners for newly elected representatives, etc.

If we used your logic as a general principal, we should go into every conservatives' house, take their weapons (and I'm SURE there are no right wingers with illegal weapons in their homes) because there are skinheads who commit violent acts, or some right wingers bomb abortion clinics. Use the most violent and reactionary elements as a justification to arrest anyone you want or deem a threat. Allow the government to decide all of that on the fly too, don't allow yourself to protect basic constitutional rights of people you disagree with, cause if a left winger or liberal ever gets elected, I'm SURE you'll have no problem with them deciding whether or not they think you should have a right to speak out against them.

Keith @ 365:

You people are a joke. Amy was told, numerous times despite your editing, to return to the other side of the barricade. She repeatedly refused. She was warned to return to the other side of the barricade. Again, she continued to refuse. She was arrested. And you want the cops sued for that? How are the cops to know who she is? How are the cops to know whether or not she has a bomb on her? They were doing their jobs. Had Amy followed the law she would have been able to get her message out and not be arrested. I also love how the left always refers to the GOP as warmongers. I was at the DNC to protest. Not one of us got arrested. Not one of us threw urine or a park bench. St. Paul? Not exactly the same city. That's why there was such a marked police and LEA presence in St. Paul. Because 10 times 10 times 10 times 10, liberals at a protest it will more often than not turn violent. Who remembers the violence that rocked Seattle when the WTO met there? Rampant destruction. Look at some of the comments here. "Instead of running away, they need to attack full force and R I O T!!! Insurrection is a totally valid form of protest when your government has become oppressive, ask Thomas Jefferson." Anyone who thinks things are anywhere near what it was like back in the 1770's is completely delusional. And as for rioting, Jefferson was utterly aghast when Virginian commoners rioted and tarred and feathered a local portmaster. Jefferson commented that to do so was wrong as he was merely following his orders as set forth by the monarchy of Britain. Rioting is never the answer.

Scott @ 371:

You protesters actually think you can destroy public property and not be held accountable ? Your violence was met with violence, as it should have been. If you were in China, you would disappear in a prison, but you will have your day in court, as afforded you by the Constitution. Why don't you become a productive member of society, get a job, pay taxes and raise a family. Maybe that would be tooooo boring or, too hard ! No sympathy here for you people.. get a JOB !

Before retarded trolls get their panties in a twist, they may want to check out what happened.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d9wmqO2Khw

She was then charged with felony conspiracy to commit a riot. For not getting out of the way of this rent-a-cop properly. This is a reporter.

Do retards really think this action warrants getting a new nose job and a felony charge, courtesy of a half-assed nit-wit just because that nit-wit has a badge? My bad for assuming retards think. LOL!

To 371 Scott:

Go Fuck yourself you unAmerican Fascist piece of shit. I am Ex-military, I hold two jobs, I pay taxes, I don't have a record, I am productive. I have the right to protest. Fuck you you goddamned piece of fascist trash. Your ugly mug won't be smiling much longer.

Municipal Cops who abuse citizens with violence and crush their rights as Human Beings and American Citizens should be dealt with harshely by local citizens. If one of these cops did this to me, my family, my son or daughter, he would be targeted for some extrajudicial action. Fuck you Scott. Go suck Bush's shriveled cocaine cock.

Police riots again!

What the fuck is going on with the pigs in this country?? Why do they have so much authority and how did they ever manage to get so much authority anyway?

It's time to put a stop to police brutality and start holding someone accountable for the actions of these knuckle-dragging gorillas.

I thought this kind of crap only happened in 3rd world countries. Silly me.

What blows me aways is how forceful these SWAT/RIOT COPS are with little middle aged women. Do they really have to grab, push and punch people the way they do? I was not there but just seeing this on video is terrifying and makes me sad about what is happening in our country. If it takes a Revolution so be it, but this shit cannot continue. The abuse of the citizenry and legitimate journalists is an afront to our Democracy.

Now you can see what the Republican Party has been working on for the last 8 Years.

Give them 4 more years and it will be the end of Democracy in this country, and you have
the proof right here in the streets of St.Paul. !

Bring in the Republicans and you bring in the Military. Which means Death and Destruction which is
the one and ONLY thing the Military does and they will soon kill Freedom right here in America.

Behave yourselves and stop acting like animals.

In retrospect, the police were probably already tense from all the Republicans violently protesting the DNC, you know... like they always do. Oh wait- that doesn't happen. I pray that at some point, you all get just a simple clue: Free speech & tolerance applies to people who have differing ideological beliefs than you!

You never hear or see Conservatives breaking windows, setting fires, baiting the authorities (and then crying foul when they respond), throwing food (and human waste), or haranguing Democrats at their events. We should. In fact we should respond in kind, but the amount of crying that would issue from the left would make a KISS concert seem like a quiet winter's evening. We keep rising above, and you keep taking the low road.

All PEACEFUL PROTESTERS ~ Be Smart...Be Safe...BEWARE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLTLSq03jmk

Who do you think taught these guys?

30 bubba Says: The anarchists get this stuff started every time. They give the police every excuse they need. I was in the WTO riots in seattle and watched them all the time.
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And I was in Berkeley when Reagan's agents posed as students to get the police riots started, catapulting Ronnie into the national spotlight and paving his way to the WhiteHouse.

UPDATE on Arrest Of Amy Goodman and DN! Producers
Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar have all been released from police custody in St. Paul following their illegal arrest by Minneapolis Police on Monday afternoon.

Read more…

Anyone want to be Amy most likely will find herself on the " NO FLY " list. For this simple perhaps misdemeaner arrest?

Without no way of getting off, no one to tell her why she is on it or how to go about getting off the list. Let alone who to see to start the ball rolling to get off the list.

They hate us for our freedoms, you know. Conservatives I mean, not the 'terrorists'...

This is total bullshit. It just gets worse and worse. Damn those monsters in the White(Blood Red) house to Hell!!

Required @ 40:

They hate us for our freedoms, you know. Conservatives I mean, not the 'terrorists'...

Believe me, this is not freedom or democracy.

L.A. Confidential @ 9:

It can't happen here?

What the above means is it used to only happen in the more southern states and against poor black peoples,
now it is more democratic, the police do the jackbooted thug routine all over America, and get away with it.

Third party politics is now taboo and under attack, no matter how pacifist or non money power related.
The police and LE target the most benign peaceful groups, all are traitors to the two party system.

Its almost game over folks, it just needs one of the political parties to suppress the other with these techniques.

Has Goodman ever gone to China?

I guess the cops must of brushed up on their GESTAPO 101
To all the good people on C&L now you know why I don't go to america.
And there are others in Canada that feel the same way. I say this becuase of what I see coming out of the US.
What happened today proves the point to some extent

Mr. Jefferson, we need another revolution:

We hold these truths to be self-evident…

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -
That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the
Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its
foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall
seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. …

teknikAL @ 43:

Cernig @ 14:

To those that were asking: see, we were on it. There were some technical problems, is all. Did you really think C&L wouldn't post on this? :-)

Better late than never. Amy was released hours ago.
What about the I-witness raid?
News observers are being targeted all over the city, the MSM are avoiding the streets like it's Baghdad.

But notice they kept in custody, the two with suspicious foreign non WASP names.
Prob the INS/ICE is desperately researching their history, trying to find some excuse to deport them,
I fear for them if they are naturalized, they could get their citizenship revoked and deported.
Even if they are US born, they could end up in Gitmo or some other hellhole.

"Do you think maybe that events in St. Paul would have gotten more attention already if we weren’t all distracted by the Palin circus show?"

From our MSM? You've got to be kidding!

If it weren't Palin's daughter or Gustav, Rove would have pulled yet another joker from the bottom of the deck.

Amy has been all over the world, listen to her show, its fabulous. She is one of the few left that report the news without regard for wealth and riches.

Well, we can at least rest assured that they no longer "hate us for our freedom"

PEACE

You ask the question:
Do you think maybe that events in St. Paul would have gotten more attention already if we weren’t all distracted by the Palin circus show?

No, not at all. What possibly makes you think that the media cares about anything you care about? If it wasn't the Palin Circus then something else would be distracting the media. The media does not care nor value the things you care or value.

Deal with it.

What are you guys rookies? You think the media plays fair? Give me a break.

Speaking of playing fair...every clip of Goodman's arrest starts at the same point. I for one would be very interested in what transpired in the preceding 60 seconds.

New Sign: Welcome to St. Paul, Teargas capital of the world. Remain in your car and do not fraternize with the locals. Thank You.

Dahgrostab'ph-r-i @ 64:

Sounds like the Republicans American Dream to me. scary huh?

They won't be happy until all non Republicans are silence or marginalized.

FUCK the Police!

Question Authority!

WAKE UP America!

Gosh if this keeps up CNN might have to interrupt their 24/7 coverage of NaziCon/Hurricane Goose-Step and pay attention.

Gov. Reagan's agents posed as students in 1969 to get the
police riots started, sending tanks against unarmed students catapulting
Ronnie into the national spotlight and paving his way to the WhiteHouse
where he later whined about how China treated their citizens.
Typical two-faced Pugs.

“Contact Mayor Coleman” here:

http://www.stpaul.gov/forms.asp?FID=69

He's a Democrat who is proud of the work his officers did today to quell the "riot".

The jack-booted response was paid for by your and my tax dollars. Congress appropriated 50 million dollars for security at these convention.

So, you have Congress to thank for all this as well.

ferrofluid (Obama + Biden = 2008) @ 66:

It was reported earlier that Amy Goodman was released, but they didnt report the other two released,
seems all three are free now, but facing charges.

Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher told Democracy Now! that Kouddous and Salazar were arrested on suspicion of rioting, a felony. While the three have been released, they all still face charges stemming from their unlawful arrest. Kouddous and Salazar face pending charges of suspicion of felony riot, while Goodman has been officially charged with obstruction of a legal process and interference with a “peace officer.”

DN update story

Kouddous and Salazar faced with charges of 'suspicion of felony riot' which could be very serious depending on their citizenship status.

Goodman charged with 'obstruction of a legal process' and 'interference with a peace officer.
the first being a totally fraudulent thing, which should easily be struck down by an competent lawyer.
The police dont do 'legal processes' only lawyers and courts do that, police enforce the law, which is a totally different thing.
and if the peace officer was acting unlawfully her 'interference' is null and void.

the charges are bs and i hope that some law firm takes this as pro bono

we could have another chicago 7 trial here

i do not believe that anyone of the arrests was lawful

I've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous' you're probably on the right track.
Amy Goodman

Independent media can go to where the silence is and break the sound barrier, doing what the corporate networks refuse to do.
Amy Goodman

The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government.
Amy Goodman

War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters.
Amy Goodman

We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs.
Amy Goodman

calgarylady @ 54:

This is scary stuff and it is only early September. I shudder to think of what will be happening in October. Fasten your seatbelts, people.
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60 xoites defends Constitution Says:

Mass arrests during street protests is commonplace in America and has been since the 1960s. Nothing has actually change as far as that goes. What has changed is the Corporate Media’s disinterest in it. At least to a certain extent. The lied about what went on at the 1968 Democratic Convention protests too. Now they ignore it.
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One of the reasons the Civil Rights Movement was successful was that journalists, principally from the North, photographed and reported events from the perspective of the Movement.

The journalists were treated as outsiders - "outside agitators" - by the Southern Police, and as a result were often treated as badly as the demonstrators.

It was THEIR photos, THEIR descriptions, THEIR video that showed up in the living rooms of Middle America.

First thing the FBI did in Minneapolis-St.Paul was to infiltrate ALL the organizations likely to participate in protests, then focus on taking down the Alternative Media first.

The real problem Dave, there are not enough protestors or protests in this country.

Isome @ 6:

The police in different parts of the country have been using rubber bullets and tear gas against NON-VIOLENT (certainly NOT RIOTING) protestors for years now. The most amazing part is that the officers do not see that the role they play is ushering in and desensitizing the people to living in a police state. They're oblivious to the way their actions are identical to any other police force in a totalitarian / authoritarian nation state and would crack your skull if you dared tried to tell them that.

No seriously... they'd crack your skull and say you were resisting arrest or being disorderly.

Get over it! The police know full well what they're doing. When are people going to wake up to the fact that the police do not serve the public, they serve their political masters. And while you might have one living down the street from you or next door and may think he's a nice guy, he will baton, tear gas, pepper spray or tazer your child and do it with no guilt, which by definition makes him a sociopath, so get over it.

Well, GNA>

Didn't a similar thing happen in Beijing during the olympics???

Of course the police arresting and then detaining journalists in China is disgraceful - but in the good ol' USA , it's democracy in action!

So much for freedom of speech!

when somebody threatens the bush secrecy philosophy this is what happens. right now they're protecting palin from the media until she is coaced.bush/cheney/addington and mccain/ NEOCON campaign members for that matter do NOT want and/or respect 'checks and balances' of government/corporation/k-street...the people of this country just get in the way.

Udon Nomee @ 87:

Can you say: "Bait the public into violent conflict with police"?

Can you say : "State of Emergency"?

Can you say: "November elections suspended... indefinitely"

I can say, "Bat Shit Crazy!" Does that count? Because that is what this country is. It supposedly puts freedom above everything else unless it is exercised. Democracy is championed unless it interferes with the political agenda of the most powerful and Freedom of the Press is cherished unless reporters start asking questions.

That's insane!

Goodman was beaten with a rifle butt by Indoneasian soldiers in East Timor, held two weeks and then deported. The next year when East Timor won their independence, she went back to celebrate their independence knowing full well that the Indonesian soldiers were still brutalizing the people. She was also shoved in the wall several times by the radio station manager, a woman who was 9 inches taller than Amy who is 5 feet tall. She has the courage of a pride of lions. Those damn cops should have been struck by lightening for brutalizing her. I hope the protestors in St. Paul tear the cops into tiny, tiny pieces.

The ACLU started because 10,000 people got arrested and deported back in 1920, during the first red scare.

Palmer Raids, how convenient they merely deported the really bad guys (who did the bombings), the socialists and union people they imprisoned.

On September 16, 1920, a violent blast rocked Wall Street. The Wall Street bombing killed 38 people and wounded over 400; it was never solved but was widely attributed to radical anarchists.

How very Rovian that something like this happened mere weeks before the election.

The book 'Poor Man's Air Force' by Mike Davis and Tom Engelhardt
They name in the book who did this horse wagon bomb, "a vengeful Italian anarchist named Mario Buda"
He subsequently quietly left the country to retire in Italy, maybe with a fat pension !

Vicki @ 92:

Goodman was beaten with a rifle butt by Indoneasian soldiers in East Timor, held two weeks and then deported. The next year when East Timor won their independence, she went back to celebrate their independence knowing full well that the Indonesian soldiers were still brutalizing the people. She was also shoved in the wall several times by the radio station manager, a woman who was 9 inches taller than Amy who is 5 feet tall. She has the courage of a pride of lions. Those damn cops should have been struck by lightening for brutalizing her. I hope the protestors in St. Paul tear the cops into tiny, tiny pieces.

Thank you for that clarification. Hearing you say that i remember all of that , but being older my memory gets a little fuzzy sometimes.

This is called "scaling back" and not partying at GOP convention?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rni6G7RRFkk

Joe @ 96:

bubba @ 30:

The anarchists get this stuff started every time. They give the police every excuse they need. I was in the WTO riots in seattle and watched them all the time.

They're not really anarchists, they're government provocateurs. Paid agents. Like Blackwater but with no firearms and shrouded faces. There's tons of footage out there of them marching in single file, communicating with police officers like they're best friends, and throwing rocks at protesters just to bait them into fighting. Seriously, don't mess with these guys.

In Denver the anachist were using a weird latin chant while marching in line and leading the crowd.
Two who were standing around in their Nikes, jeans, black hoodies and wearing USMC fatigue caps under them.
Seconded military personal maybe, there to help the Riot police's masters !?
Who else has the training or balls to march inline chanting at riot police, not your average protester.

I'm new to this site, but have heard wonderful things for a longtime and am happy to see them putting this atrocity out there. So something from me to you to cheer you up! I'm the black sheep liberal from an extremely conservative evangelical christian family. My parents voted for Pat Robertson. More than once. I admit this to emphasis to you how poorly McCain is doing among his "base". My dad is voting for him--he wants to vote for Barr but recognizes it's a vote for Obama. (My dad is also a former southern baptist minister, so color yourself shocked). My mom is so sick of it all that she has gone from thinking Obama was a sign of the anti-christ to talking to me very wistfully after his speech about how she wishes she could believe he could do all he promised. Then I talked to her after the Palin pick. And she was seriously pissed off and offended. My entire family are radical evangelicals and not a single one supports McCain. Some will vote for him, but they are all miserable. Oh, except for one. My brother, the republican Iraq veteran. He's a HUGE Obama supporter! As are every single one of his republican fellow soldiers. Group hug!

Sailor Art Thomas, Jr. @ 101:

Is there anyone left out there who's dumb enough to think that Minnesota is a blue state?

The police/ sheriffs are part of the 29% along with federal employees, they have the most to lose from real democracy and change.
The people here are blue, just the thugs in charge are red and or greenbacked paid for.

FASCIST REPUBLICANS HATE US FOR OUR FREEDOMS!

"Those who give up freedom for security deserve neither..." - Benjamin Franklin

Amy Goodman is a treasure,and sadly all too rare, known and respected by more people that are really the 4th estate, (that one that was supposed to keep an eye on the Gov., NOT be the Govt.,)unlike being a dance partner to the Goebbles of this current cabal like the one covering this Repugnant Convention. 'Someguy' definitely reads like those one should not feed..but look at how leader ' Mr. Head-ditto Head' has them talking.."I know she got the crap beaten out of her somewhere in the Pacific." I know,..but ditto-head doesnt know where,when, or why, in the South Pacific, however 'someguy' still can comment on the extent of the beating , then handily throws in his medical diagnosis about his observations about the results..but still this this is not being judgemental. NAH..(without reference to any fact,-or bettter recognized as 'ditto-speak') because he wasnt able to see(or be 'ditto-ized' on the view to have) "..her take on the Olympics"??

CJ @ 107:

I'm new to this site, but have heard wonderful things for a longtime and am happy to see them putting this atrocity out there. So something from me to you to cheer you up! I'm the black sheep liberal from an extremely conservative evangelical christian family. My parents voted for Pat Robertson. More than once. I admit this to emphasis to you how poorly McCain is doing among his "base". My dad is voting for him--he wants to vote for Barr but recognizes it's a vote for Obama. (My dad is also a former southern baptist minister, so color yourself shocked). My mom is so sick of it all that she has gone from thinking Obama was a sign of the anti-christ to talking to me very wistfully after his speech about how she wishes she could believe he could do all he promised. Then I talked to her after the Palin pick. And she was seriously pissed off and offended. My entire family are radical evangelicals and not a single one supports McCain. Some will vote for him, but they are all miserable. Oh, except for one. My brother, the republican Iraq veteran. He's a HUGE Obama supporter! As are every single one of his republican fellow soldiers. Group hug!

Thank you so much for posting.

You've given hope to all who read this.

Stay away ???
NO
Calling all people with a Pulse !

Come to St. Paul !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!