RNC protest
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 »
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 »
Somali community protests RNC
Freedom of expression and the power to summon your government, the two most important principles of democracy is played out at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in St Paul, Minnesota. Among an estimated 15,000 protesters that took to the streets of St Paul on Monday, September 1 was about 300 Somalis who were protesting against “the U.S.MORE »
Concert-goers clash with police
Approximately 200 concert-goers from last night’s Rage Against the Machine concert at the Target Center organized themselves into a march down 7th Street in downtown Minneapolis, in defiance of Minneapolis Police. The march ended at the corner of 2nd Avenue and 7th Street when riot and bicycle police corralled around 50 marchers onto the curb and made arrests.MORE »
Introducing the RNC to a Chinese Student
I am hosting a graduate student from China and she and I went downtown St. Paul on Labor Day to see what we could see. It was very quiet, police EVERYWHERE, but they were agreeable and pleased when I asked if my student could take their photos. The first time I asked, the cop wanted to know if he should smile or look tough.MORE »
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