Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Max: St. Paul Police Arresting Reporters for "Conspiricy to Riot"

More than 280 people were arrested here in St. Paul Monday, the opening day of the Republican National Convention. Among them were several journalists covering the protests in the streets—including three of us at Democracy Now. Amy was detained trying to question police officers about the arrests of Democracy Now producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar.

More at Democracy Now.

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Glenn Greenwald has more at Salon.com.

2 Comments:

Blogger Jericho Brown said...

*Sniiiif!* Yup. Smells like Blackwater got themselves a security contract!

Did you see those guys? Were they cops or extras in a video game?

September 02, 2008 1:27 PM  
Blogger Max Dobberstein said...

Speaking of Erik Prince's private army, notice the t-shirt on this "DEA Agent" raiding a legal Culver City, CA marijuana dispensary.

September 02, 2008 1:46 PM  

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