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The Michigan Messenger: Minnesota police raid ‘criminal’ RNC protesters

  • Matt · 1 year ago
    Interesting how various scare tactics get recycled. Police references to "urine and feces" being used in protests go back some time, but I know of not a single actual use thereof (and I was at the Democratic and Republican convention protests in 2004 and 2000, as well as several major global justice demonstrations). Just repeat it enough times and people believe it, right?
  • Joe Sylvester · 1 year ago
    The Ramsey County sheriff should be applauded for quick and decisive action.
  • Rayne1 · 1 year ago
    Quick? Decisive? Hardly.

    This was PRE-EMPTIVE. Like Minority Report pre-crime prosecution. More than likely the raids documented here are related to the infiltration of at least one vegan group that occurred earlier in the year, suggesting law enforcement has been acting for a long time on an over-broad basis.

    Really now -- is tofu that much of a threat to the American way of life that a joint terrorism task force must insert itself covertly into a non-meat potluck?
  • Tom Jefferson · 1 year ago
    Halloween must be early this year. The government is manufacturing more lies. Inciting violence by planting undercover people disguised as violent anarchists to stir things up.
    Welcome to the beginning of the end of FREEDOM in America, thanks to the Busheney's and their lies to the American people. Shameful. May God Save US of America and it's people.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill...
  • Old woman · 1 year ago
    The feds are going much too far. This IS going to backfire on them.
    Half of America is asleep-they couldn't care less about their personal civil rights. However-that leaves another 200 million citizens that DO NOT APPROVE OF LIVING IN A FACIST STATE and they WILL raise up against this type of behavior. Remember V for Vendetta, it will happen here.
    I hope revolution is in my future- these neo cons need to be removed.

    Am I a anarchist? Hardly. I'm a over 50 average American woman. I guess since I avow that I will not take this type of behavior without fighting back that makes me a threat. I have NO plans to riot. But I do have plans to act on my RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH AND MY RIGHT TO PEACEABLY ASSEMBLE.

    Every one of the police and feds that took part in the St.Paul 'pre-emptive' fiasco should be fired and tried for violating citizens civil rights. Yeah-I know that won't happen. But we CAN prevent it from happening in YOUR town.