readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-14-08 07:03 PM
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Multiple felony charges for my friends who protested at the RNC. Just released today.
I will write with more news later. But my partner was called by some people we know who went to protest the RNC. These are college-educated young women who flew to protest from Austin. They have been in jail since the protest. They say there are many others still in jail. They said all have been charged with multiple felony convictions. They said there are still others who have not been released. They are still stuck out there because they long missed their flights.
As far as I know, these are not violent radicals, but very average working-class political activist lesbians. One is a very, very small girl.
I will report more when they return. For now, this is all I know. I just wanted to let people know that there are still people in jail for protesting. I didn't even realize this myself, so I figured it'd be a good idea to let everyone know.
I'm sorry, but this just struck me as hilarious. "Very average working-class political activist lesbians" is like the very essence of DUmmyness.
ocelot (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-14-08 07:12 PM
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7. Intimidation, pure and simple.
They throw you in jail, charge you with a felony, scare you half to death, and force you to spend a bunch of money on legal representation. So even if they eventually drop the charges, they figure next time maybe you won't be inclined to protest because you don't want to go through that again.
Union Thug (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-14-08 07:32 PM
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13. Political intimidation. Is there a defense fund set up?
I hope that bastards behind this know that if they strip away our ability to vote, we'll find other ways of changing the system. Just sayin'.
QuoteUnion Thug (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-14-08 07:32 PM
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13. Political intimidation. Is there a defense fund set up?
I hope that bastards behind this know that if they strip away our ability to vote, we'll find other ways of changing the system. Just sayin'.
Is there a very average working-class political activist lesbians union?
I wonder if our DUmmies are in this little group of people
http://cbs13.com/slideshows/rnc.protester.mugshots.20.809519.html
backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-14-08 08:38 PM
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16. Nazi fascist sacks of shit.
Edited on Sun Sep-14-08 08:38 PM by backscatter712
That's straight out of the fascist playbook - catch-and-release tactics.
Go read The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot by Naomi Wolf. It's straight out of there.
The Minneapolis police, Minneapolis prosecutors and every other person there who participated in these acts of political repression deserve death. They deserve violence against them. What did we do when we encountered the same types of ****s in WWII? Oh yeah. We shot them. They're garbage. Literally human garbage. I'm through giving them the benefit of the doubt when they treat us like animals.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4[/youtube]...
ocelot (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-14-08 07:12 PMI guess in DUmmyland, throwing urine and bleach in the faces of Republican delegates is a positive social exercise that should be admired.
Response to Reply #6
7. Intimidation, pure and simple.
They throw you in jail, charge you with a felony, scare you half to death, and force you to spend a bunch of money on legal representation. So even if they eventually drop the charges, they figure next time maybe you won't be inclined to protest because you don't want to go through that again.
I wonder if our DUmmies are in this little group of people
http://cbs13.com/slideshows/rnc.protester.mugshots.20.809519.html
They said all have been charged with multiple felony convictions
I wonder if our DUmmies are in this little group of people
http://cbs13.com/slideshows/rnc.protester.mugshots.20.809519.html
Eryn Trimmer (pic #1) looks like Lurch. :lmao:
As far as I know, these are not violent radicals, but very average working-class political activist lesbians.Bullshit! These people are Anarchists:
Eight core members of a group that provided logistical support to anarchists wanting to disrupt the Republican National Convention were each charged Wednesday with a felony count of conspiracy to commit riot, following weekend police raids at some of their homes and work space.
According to a complaint in Ramsey County District Court, the eight are active members of the RNC Welcoming Committee, an anarchist and anti-authoritarian group that has a Web site advertising its plans to "Crash the Convention" by blocking traffic and immobilizing delegate buses.
Also Wednesday, federal authorities announced charges against another man accused of planning to use Molotov cocktails to attack the main arena for the Republican National Convention.
Authorities said DePalma attended an event in Waldo, Wis., in July called the CrimeThinc Convergence, and told an FBI source he wanted to travel to Minnesota to attack the convention.
An FBI affidavit said DePalma talked about making Molotov cocktails, got the supplies in August, and assembled five by the time of his arrest. DePalma talked of attacking Xcel Energy Center, the affidavit said.
The CrimeThinc Ex-Workers Collective is a decentralized Anarchist collective composed of many cells that act independently in pursuit of a freer and more joyous world.
Can you spel FBI?Quotebackscatter712 (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-14-08 08:38 PM
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16. Nazi fascist sacks of shit.
Edited on Sun Sep-14-08 08:38 PM by backscatter712
That's straight out of the fascist playbook - catch-and-release tactics.
Go read The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot by Naomi Wolf. It's straight out of there.
The Minneapolis police, Minneapolis prosecutors and every other person there who participated in these acts of political repression deserve death. They deserve violence against them. What did we do when we encountered the same types of ****s in WWII? Oh yeah. We shot them. They're garbage. Literally human garbage. I'm through giving them the benefit of the doubt when they treat us like animals.
FFS.
Poster child for the "Reality Based Community" here folks.