Thirteen months ago, the Republican National Convention came to town, carved an indelible scar on the Twin Cities and left. MORE »
A year ago, eight activists were detained in Ramsey County. Officials said they were protecting the public by holding the so-called RNC 8, who allegedly plotted to violently disrupt the Republican National Convention.
But the anarchist activists, who were all released shortly after the convention last September, still await trial.MORE »
Two Republican National Convention (RNC)-related lawsuits were filed September 1, adding to the list of litigation against St. Paul, Minneapolis, and various law enforcement agencies in the aftermath of the RNC. The two lawsuits focus on mass arrests on the first day of the convention and on a house raid during the weekend before the convention.MORE »
Lawsuits filed on RNC anniversary by Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet
It happened here by Mike Hazard, TC Daily Planet
Reflections on the RNC, one year later by Art Hughes, TC Daily Planet
Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner reflects, a year after the RNC by Karlee Weinmann, TC Daily Planet
RNC memories from jailed reporter Sheila Regan, business owner Sara Remke, St. Paul City Attorney John Choi, and council member Dave Thune by Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet
RNC anniversary haunts DFL guv-candidate forum by Chris Steller, Minnesota Independent
RNC scorecard, one year later by Sheila Regan, TC Daily PlanetMORE »
Twenty-seven people arrested at the Republican National Convention last September filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court Tuesday morning against the city of St. Paul for what the plaintiffs allege was a violation of their First and Fourth Amendment rights.MORE »
After the initial terror of getting rounded up, threatened with concussion grenades, pepper spray and Tasers, handcuffed and frisked, what sticks with me about getting arrested last year at the Republican National Convention is how it was more like a drawn-out version of a trip to the Department of Motor Vehicles.MORE »
It’s been a year since the Republican National Convention descended on St. Paul, bringing with it hordes of protesters and police whose clashes erupted into several incidents still working their way through the courts.MORE »
It Happened Here is a montage of photographs with stories that compose a little movie of my experience of the Republican National Convention.
I was lying down watching the early evening news on the fourth day of the convention. Channel Five was live, reporting "all was quiet in St. Paul". The window was open. I could hear the staccato percussion of concussion grenades blowing up the streets of my neighborhood.
It was a perfect disconnect between what was going on and how it was reported in the mass media. Something was happening here.MORE »
To commemorate the anniversary of last year's RNC protests, a group of activists staged "present day interventions and public interactions" in the context of a big-urban-game which took place throughout St. Paul on Saturday. MORE »
On September 4 last year, I found myself in a jail cell on the last night of the Republican National Convention. I was one of many protesters, journalists, observers and medics who were arrested that night. It sucked. I hope I’ll never get arrested again, but at the time, I wasn’t surprised that it happened.MORE »
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