Republican National Convention
RNC Civil Litigation Meeting
Sun, 2009-10-25 17:30
Were you arrested on Sept. 4th, 2008, during the RNC in St. Paul? If so, you might be able to get involved in a civil suit from that day!
Come to our next organizing meeting:
Sunday, Oct. 25, 5:30pm
Mayday Books, 301 Cedar Ave S, Mpls
Sue the Bastards! RNC Civil Litigation Workshop
Sat, 2009-02-07 16:00 - 18:00
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Anti-War RNC March organizer responds to critics
Earlier this month, someone posted an article on this website called “March organizers failed to protect message.” As a member of the Coalition to March on the RNC and Stop the War, I felt compelled to respond.MORE »
VOICES | Dissent under fire at the RNC
“Our right to protest the government and its policies is not 'suspicious behavior'; it's Constitutionally protected speech.” Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office
I'll admit it: since the Republican National Convention brought a militarized police occupation to St. Paul, Minnesota. I've been shell-shocked.MORE »
After being blasted by pepper spray, RNC protester not angry at Minneapolis cops
by Paul Schmelzer, September 15, 2008 • One of the more disturbing clips, of way too many, from the Republican National Convention, is this one showing Leah Lane being repeatedly blasted with pepperspray by Minneapolis police officers who knock her down with their bikes.MORE »
Like Goldilocks, survey says police handled RNC ‘just about right’
Hey, someone’s been eating my constitutional rights!
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RNC protesters show and tell of injuries from cops
With city officials in St.MORE »
Cataloguing the RNC’s journalist detainees
Of the 800-plus people who were arrested or detained in conjunction with RNC protests, a good chunk of them — 42, by our count — were members of the news media.MORE »
St. Paul taps two to review RNC cops — but not misconduct
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman announced late Tuesday afternoon that the city will undergo an outside review of the public safety effort tied to the Republican National Convention — but its limited scope may not satisfy calls from various quarters for independent review of police misconduct.
Leading the charge is former U.S.MORE »
Baghdad on the Mississippi
by Eleanor Arnason • I found a piece by Ray McGovern in Common Dreams on police action in St. Paul.
This sounds as nasty as I had feared: police spies and infiltrators and police preemptive strikes against people doing nothing illegal.
The St. Paul City Council? Only one member had the courage to speak out -- Councilman Dave Thune, who was particularly enraged that Sheriff Fletcher took action within St. Paul city limits:
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