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lordsummerisle  (560 posts)      Sat Aug-30-08 10:49 PM
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Massive police raids on suspected protestors 
 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3462093Source: Glenn Greenwald at Salon.com

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, the Sheriff's department sent teams of officers into at least four Minneapolis area homes where suspected protesters were staying

Read more: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/index.html

 

ben_meyers (1000+ posts)      Sat Aug-30-08 11:00 PM
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6. Why are the Mayors of Mpls. and St. Paul,
 both progressive Democrats, allowing the use of their police departments in this manner? Does Bush have something on them too?

 

YEHA!!!

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ben_meyers (1000+ posts)      Sat Aug-30-08 11:00 PM
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6. Why are the Mayors of Mpls. and St. Paul,
both progressive Democrats, allowing the use of their police departments in this manner? Does Bush have something on them too?

The reason is that usually, though not always, the stupid is much stronger in DUmmies than in mayors.

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No mention of what the cops found, of course.

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/08/buckets-of-urine-slingshots-anti-bus.html

Materials to create "sleeping dragons" (PVC pipe, chicken wire, duct tape), which is when protesters lock themselves together
Large amounts of urine, including three to five gallon buckets of urine
Wrist rockets (high-powered
slingshots)
A machete, hatchet and several throwing knives
a gas mask and filter
Empty glass bottles
Rags
Flammable liquids
Homemade caltrops (devises used to disable buses in roads)
Metal pipes
Axes
Bolt cutters
Sledge hammers
Repelling equipment
Kryptonite locks
Empty plastic buckets cut and made into shields
Material for protective padding
An Army helmet.

That list will never see the light of day on the DUmp.

(p.s. - fix your link)

[rich_t]

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