As many of you remember, the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota was a scene of protest, civil disobedience, and gross misconduct by the Ramsey County Sheriff, Bob Fletcher, the St. Paul and Minneapolis Police Departments, and Federal use of Secret Service and National Guard troops.
The RNC 8, arrested in pre-convention house raids, face a judge today and potentially 20 years in jail.
A Call-in has been organized to protest the charges (3 additional felony counts were added over the weekend) and I urge everyone to get involved.
So many stories from that convention were never told as journalists were rounded up and arrested (including local tv news folks, a couple from FOX, some AP reporters, and, of course, Amy Goodman).
People sitting in a park, people with visible press credentials, street medics, kids, Lawyers' Guild volunteers, the wheelchair bound, no one was immune from preemptive raid, being held at gunpoint, pepper spray, physical assault, and arrest.
At least 42 journalists were arrested (that number likely does not include all the bloggers.)
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