Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

September 1, 2008

Videos: Journalists, filmmakers, bicyclists arrested at Republican National Convention

Videos: Journalists, filmmakers and bicyclists arrested at Republican National Convention
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Republican+National+Convention+arrests+2008&search_type=&aq=f
Massive police raids on suspected protesters in Minneapolis
by Glenn Greenwald
Protesters here in Minneapolis have been targeted by a series of highly intimidating, sweeping police raids across the city, involving teams of 25-30 officers in riot gear, with semi-automatic weapons drawn, entering homes of those suspected of planning protests, handcuffing and forcing them to lay on the floor, while law enforcement officers searched the homes, seizing computers, journals, and political pamphlets. Last night, members of the St. Paul police department and the Ramsey County sheriff's department handcuffed, photographed and detained dozens of people meeting at a public venue to plan a demonstration, charging them with no crime other than "fire code violations," and early this morning ... read article ...
http://cleveland.indymedia.org/news/2008/08/31683.php

2 comments:

Ajijaak said...

This country is going down the tubes...

If people can't protest or speak anymore where are we headed...?

Anonymous said...

Back to our Ancient Social, Political, Spiritual Ways and so on...

Why not abandon the elitist oppressive "All Life Killing" organizations of the little clique of corpo-fascists that's pulling the strings and creating chaos.

Misko