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[purple scapolite]

800 people arrested, and they arrested reporters as well:

http://www.cnn.com/2...ests/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2...html#cnnSTCText

Edited by shawna, 05 September 2008 - 06:31 AM.
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[purple scapolite]

From Glenn Greenwald, of Salon.com:

Scenes from St. Paul -- Democracy Now's Amy Goodman arrested

Following up on this weekend's extreme raids on various homes, at least 250 people were arrested here today in St. Paul, Minnesota. Beginning last night, St. Paul was the most militarized I have ever seen an American city be, even more so than Manhattan in the week of 9/11 -- with troops of federal, state and local law enforcement agents marching around with riot gear, machine guns, and tear gas cannisters, shouting military chants and marching in military formations. Humvees and law enforcement officers with rifles were posted on various buildings and balconies. Numerous protesters and observers were tear gassed and injured. I'll have video of the day's events posted shortly.

Perhaps most extraordinarily, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now -- the radio and TV broadcaster who has been a working journalist for close to 20 years -- was arrested on the street and charged with "conspiracy to riot." Audio of her arrest, which truly shocked and angered the crowd of observers, is here. I just attended a Press Conference with St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Police Chief John M. Harrington and -- after they boasted of how "restrained" their police actions were -- asked about the journalists and lawyers who had been detained and/or arrested both today and over the weekend. They said they wouldn't give any information about journalists who had been arrested today, though they said they believed that "one journalist" had been, and that she "was seemingly a participant in the riots, not simply a non-participant." I'll have video of the Press Conference posted shortly.

http://www.salon.com...nion/greenwald/

[Mary]

I've been hearing a ton about it this week, probably since I live relatively nearby and read a lot of blogs.  Lots of disturbing abuses of power happening, from what it sounds like...

[purple scapolite]

It's really scary. Arresting people off the street,reporters trying to do their jobs and uphold freedom of the press, and give to the public alternative sources of information on what's happening, outright brutality. Some scary and outrageous shit.

[stipeeyes]

I think 50% or more of police and law makers do nothing but abuse their power.  Yeah it sounds like some people were just arrested for being present and not actually do anything more than raise their voice.

[DericksHam]

sounds like just regular cracking down on terror.

(on the flipside, the thai military and police did next to nothing when their prime minister declared a state of emergency. even when the protesters fired weapons and supposedly killed someone.. thailand's "democracy" is starting to sound as twisted as philipines'.)