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RNC Day One: The girl with glitter on her shoulders

by Charley Underwood, 9/1/08 • This particular girl went forward to offer a flower to a riot-clad officer ... I was working as a street medic all day today, mostly offering people sunscreen and lozenges and water and so on. MORE »

Amy Goodman, other journalists arrested in St. Paul

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

Dawn Zuppelli with Rochester IndyMedia told the Daily Planet that she was pepper-sprayed, along with other journalists and protesters, and Amy Goodman and Democracy Now producers were arrested, along with protesters, late Monday afternoon in downtown St.MORE »

Tear gas fired into crowd at Kellogg, MnIndy reporter hit

By Paul Schmelzer, Minnesota Independent

Four blocks of Kellogg Blvd in St. Paul broke into chaos late this afternoon as riot police fired canisters of chemical agents directly into the crowd.MORE »

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