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- alapoet, on 09/02/2008, -8/+186At what point did it become OK in the United States to arrest journalists for covering the news?
- inactive, on 09/02/2008, -7/+163Alright, great to see the police winning the war on Americans... there are just so many of them, this war could go on forever!
- AshamedAmerican, on 09/02/2008, -8/+129No wonder the North American Journalist is an endangered species.
- phnx0221, on 09/02/2008, -3/+85Photo of AP photographer (not sure if it's the same one) who is being treated by street medics (many of whom have also been arrested, maced, and gassed during the protests) after covering protest and being maced by police. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rootbeercrunk/2819926 ...
- MorganMghee, on 09/02/2008, -4/+73Jan 20, 2001
- notque, on 09/02/2008, -10/+77RNC roundup. Search for RNC through digg and find more.
Youth in iconic RNC protest photo was later beaten by police, according to his mother http://tinyurl.com/5cjg37
Sign to stop the arrests of journalists
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http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/We_ve_Been_Arres ...
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/UPDATE_Amy_Goodm ...
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Democracy_Now_s_ ...
http://digg.com/politics/Scenes_from_St_Paul_Democ ...
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Videos of protesters being hit with weapons by police
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Videos_from_rnc_ ... - phnx0221, on 09/02/2008, -3/+63Reports just came in that police have tasered and arrested Indy Media journalist Wendy Pedent! Chalk another one up to the arrest count for journalists/medics/legal observers. Will have a link when it gets written somewhere (reported from twitter via coldsnaplegal who has members at the scene)
- inactive, on 09/02/2008, -5/+60The Press has not been given any leniency by Police. What good are Press credentials if the Police are going to ignore them. The articles I have seen describe a group of only 200 people that were violent, yet the Police reacted as if the whole city were going up in flames.
- inactive, on 09/02/2008, -3/+51Salazar, who was taping the altercation, found herself backed up against a car. Salazar shouted, "Press, press," Goodman said, but the producer was forced to the ground, and had a boot placed in her back.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/conve ...
"Democracy Now producer Nicole Salazar films her own arrest"
http://digg.com/politics/Democracy_Now_producer_Ni ... - duggdowncatisad, on 09/03/2008, -12/+55USA 2008 or Germany 1938?
- GrandmaSheila, on 09/03/2008, -4/+47Digging and shouting, because the Vichy Whores of the MSM are content to stand by silent, and complicit, while real journalists are assaulted, tasered, beaten and jailed for doing their real jobs, upholding FREEDOM OF THE PRESS in this country, and getting the truth to the people.
I urge all here to do the same, and scream the infamy to the world. - jxbrown, on 09/03/2008, -4/+39For all the criticism Americans throw at other countries, like China, allowing things like this to happen right in our backyard makes us look like hypocrites.
- voteforblank, on 09/03/2008, -2/+37My 15 year old son said... It looks like a "Nazi party" when the RNC convention began. I took a another look, and realized it did look like the Nazi's were having an election party, sounded like it too. Guess he's too educated for this Country!
- jpmitchell7, on 09/03/2008, -2/+35Police State. It's real and it's here!
- phnx0221, on 09/02/2008, -4/+34They were ready for this reaction before the splinter groups were there. They were given 50 million dollars both for the DNC and RNC security. The police force was issued 300 new tasers, and the DNC had built a "freedom cage" for the protesters. Not to mention, that the reaction of the police towards journalists, medics, legal observers, protesters, kids, and elderly people in the vicinity is entirely uncalled for, and is absolutely an abuse of arbitrary authority. The democracy now! producer had his head slammed on the ground, an Indy Media journalist was tasered today, and police have been informing protesters that it is now "illegal" for them to carry signs with sticks attached to them (as in, any and most protest signs). They have ordered journalists away from all areas of protest, or where the police are operating, lest they be subject to arrest.
Because of the actions of a few, that has taken place after preparation for police operations at the RNC, ALL of the protesters are being blamed, harassed, arrested, and assaulted. Further, it isn't even limited to just protesters, but to everyone in the areas, as you can tell from the mass arrests that occurred at almost every protest point in the city yesterday. - inactive, on 09/02/2008, -8/+37It's Gulag Americano time, boys and girls!
Ever went rounds bare knuckled? - MorganMghee, on 09/02/2008, -3/+28Sure, tune into you local or national news on ABC NBC CBS FOX CNN MSNBC and now even PBS to note the stark absence of this once proud creature. For a glimpse of the rare and elusive NAJ, tune into Democracy Now! or visit Mediamatters.org.
- Nerys, on 09/03/2008, -2/+24There is no such thing as OFFICIAL and UNOFFICIAL credentials. The freedom of press is absolute and guaranteed by the constitution. They are also not allowed to pass ANY LAWS WHAT SO EVER regarding a free press so "official" credentials by there very definition are illegal.
Permits for marches and protests? again they have ZERO authority to require a permit.They are in fact FORBIDDEN from requiring one at all on any level.
THAT is what a constitution is for. GO READ IT. - Bamboolemur, on 09/03/2008, -2/+24Obviously, you have never been to a protest, ImIce. Cops have been known to be "pro-active" in dealing with protesters by arresting or preventing peaceful protest to begin with.
Many people have been hit by rubber bullets or maced for no reason whatsoever. So ***** you.
Resistance, from Quebec 2001 to St-Paul. - Nerys, on 09/03/2008, -4/+25Since when it get on the sidewalk an order police are allowed to COMMAND.
SHOW me the law please where get on the sidewalk is an authorized command.
SO if a police officer tells you to sodomize your pet thats a lawful order you can be arrested for not obeying.
Where do you draw the line eh?
THERE MUST be a clearly defined limit to police power a point at which citizens are PERMITTED to disobey without repercussions otherwise we ARE in fact in a police state. - SuperMoses, on 09/02/2008, -1/+21Yup, both photos are credited to Matt Rourke, the photographer who was arrested.
- ferrell, on 09/03/2008, -1/+21...It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
- Abraham Lincoln, November 19, 1863 - inactive, on 09/03/2008, -3/+22Democracy now!
- inactive, on 09/03/2008, -2/+20Police State, USA
- perogi21, on 09/03/2008, -0/+18Just like the war on drugs!!
- phnx0221, on 09/03/2008, -1/+18Riot police were staging at the Rage/Anti-Flag show. They put a stop to the show. Rage against the Machine, and the 200 people who made it to the capitol for the show, are now marching chanting "***** you I won't do what you tell me!"
- Skooma714, on 09/03/2008, -1/+18Guys wait the ***** up for just a second.
The Nazis didn't start with gassing Jews, that was the end result. They started doing this stuff with the brownshirts and the SA. They intimidated political groups they didn't like, first with mob violence and then with the state (also mob violence).
Just because were not at gassing people yet doesn't mean what's going isn't disgusting. You don't stop a dictatorship when it gets that far you stop it in the larval stages. - flyinguitar90, on 09/03/2008, -6/+22Whoa, I didn't know there was a St. Paul in China!
- swrostmore, on 09/03/2008, -3/+19street medics also arrested according to indymedia
- inactive, on 09/03/2008, -1/+16McCain/Bush/Cheney Nazi tactics!!!
- fiji5555, on 09/03/2008, -2/+16We are the laughing stock of the Country of Freedom. What a crock of ***** of a police state.
- ironhide, on 09/03/2008, -0/+13johndavidjack. Did the AP reporter do that? Did Amy Goodman?
- Skooma714, on 09/03/2008, -1/+13No way, it can't happen here!
Also, did you know that during immigration raid Americans caught in the middle of it get special armbands to tell them from the "illegals"? What does that remind you of? - phnx0221, on 09/02/2008, -4/+15I've seen what's occurred throughout the weekend, I've watched several videos from multiple sources, and have been clicking refresh on youtube constantly to watch any and all RNC protest videos.
Not that it matters, the facts still stand, which is that they were heavily funded, trained, and supplied with new materials in order to carry out these operations. After training long and hard for this, just like any powerful authority, they're going to exercise what they've learned and been issued.
Aside from that, if you do a search of RNC on digg, you will find plenty of resources, links, blogs, news articles, and videos, that correlate what has been stated above. - vicsvenge, on 09/03/2008, -7/+19You a goddamned moron? This kind of crap DID happen. Did you hear the stories about the homeless people swept up off the streets? Did you hear the stories about the anti Obama protesters getting arrested? The list goes on and on. It happens everywhere, open you're damn eyes man.
- cheesegypsy, on 09/03/2008, -1/+13Raids and intimidation of protest groups and now the arrest of an AP photog. We cannot afford 8 more years of conservative rule or we will be heading down an even steeper road toward a surveillance state. Simple-minded politicians like McCain and Palin will give us more of the same Patriot Act *****.
- IIAmusedII, on 09/03/2008, -5/+17Time to fight back?
- phnx0221, on 09/03/2008, -1/+12Police just called all area hospitals, alerting them that they were going to be using gas on the protesters. Pepper Spray, Rubber Bullets, Concussion Grenades, and Tear Gas are being used. 2 groups have gone down so far. Uptake reporter hit with gas.
Just minutes before the gassing, this was heard on the Police scanner: Police are blocking 10th, 11th and St Peter. "Going in for the kill" 'cause they are "sick of this *****." - nanboya, on 09/03/2008, -0/+11I think the OP is referring to the period of Nazi Germany when Hitler was just winding up his power game; one of the first things NG did was to use power to intimidate, coerce, and drive away the opposition.
"The inception of the Gestapo, police acting outside of any civil authority, highlighted the Nazis' intention to use powerful, coercive means to directly control German society. An army, estimated to be of about 100,000, spies and informants operated throughout Germany, reporting to Nazi officials the activities of any critics or dissenters.[citation needed] Most ordinary Germans, happy with the improving economy and better standard of living, remained obedient and quiet, but many political opponents, especially[citation needed] communists and Marxist or international socialists, were reported by omnipresent eavesdropping spies and put in prison camps where many were tortured and killed."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany - notque, on 09/02/2008, -1/+12Rage Against the Machine playing @ State Capitol in 25 minutes, Anti-Flag is opening right now. What?!
Surprise Show. - ironhide, on 09/03/2008, -5/+16Sieg Heil to you too. Never question, do exactly as they say, even if they are wrong.
- PopcornDave, on 09/03/2008, -0/+11@Pake
So if I'm standing on the sidewalk in front of my own house and the police tell me to go inside I can tell them to get ***** because it's private property? Good to know.
And before the diggpickers tell me that I don't own the sidewalk outside my house, yes I know. I'm only responsible for the maintenance on something I don't own. - notque, on 09/03/2008, -1/+12Police aren't letting the show go on. Staging right now.
- phnx0221, on 09/03/2008, -1/+11live feed @ the uptake http://qik.com/theuptake
rage and the 200 people who were at the halted concert, joined a march on 7th and University. Riot cops staging ahead of them. - jaymzdean, on 09/03/2008, -4/+14Solution?
CANCEL YOUR GODDAMNED CABLE!
WHAT THE *****?
YOU HAVE TO BE ENTERTAINED AT THE COST OF FREEDOM OF THE PRESS?
***** THAT.
CANCEL YOUR CABLE TOMORROW!
*****! - ericjohnson0, on 09/03/2008, -1/+11Seems like a lot of that is going around lately. (With video goodness)
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Conventions/story?id ... - Skooma714, on 09/03/2008, -0/+10The police have been known to put people there to stir up trouble or do it themselves.
- BrapAllgood, on 09/03/2008, -6/+15I dugg you down for being a dick.
- BlacklabelSAR, on 09/03/2008, -0/+10"The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. When you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of people we're trying to save, but until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand that most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it."
- mannymix03, on 09/03/2008, -4/+14Just a heads up to anyone who is medically trained and wants to get involved:
Do it, Its great, I got first-aid and wound trained with the red cross and can't wait to go to the protests with plenty of supplies to help treat rubber bullets and mace injuries. In every protest we need more of these street medics though. -
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