Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-31-08 05:02 AM
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Police Swarm, Seize Earth Justice Bus in St. Paul (Intimidation Tactic)
Source: theuptake.org
The UpTake's Chuck Olsen pulls up to the scene on the Cretin/Vandalia Ramp on I-94. This appears to be part of a series of police actions proceeding the Republican Nation Convention in St. Paul.
Surrounding a green-painted former school bus are a half-dozen highway patrol squad cars and several Ramsey County Sheriff's office cars. The sign on the bus says "Earth Activist Training Permaculture Demonstration Bus."
Chuck reports the bus was declared a "commercial vehicle" and then towed, leaving the people who were on the bus stranded and temporarily homeless.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3462343&mesg_id=3462343 I hope they were good and intimidated. DU was all about the protestors keeping quiet at the DNC convention - why wouldn't they feel the same about keeping Ramsey County free of microbuses, bong resin, and 60's throwbacks?
It will be a great day when the only VW microbuses left are the fabricated ones they put in malls as crane games.
The best and funniest thing is all the guitar-plucking hippies and Rage Against the (Washing) Machine groupies who won't find any cameras to cover them, since they'll all be in New Orleans or inside the Convention. Bummer, mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
Hey, you legions of hippies who wasted fuel driving from Denver to St. Paul: shouldn't you have hung a right in Nebraska to go help evacuate people in the Delta?
