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9-1-2008 9:52 PM
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ratilfar says:
Now there going after journalists:

"Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were arrested by the Minneapolis Police Department. Charged with conspiracy to riot. Footage from Rick Rowley and Brandon Jourdan. "
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9-1-2008 10:39 PM
masbury
That is sad and outrageous. Amy Goodman is an American hero.
9-1-2008 10:40 PM
ratilfar
And apparently a threat to the powers that be.
9-1-2008 10:41 PM
BartendingBear
Intimidation of the press. How very gestapo of them.
9-1-2008 10:57 PM
arifsali
I would have to say she knows what she's doing....but these kind of things are expected in America post 911. Salute to Amy Goodman, one of the very few still standing strong.
9-2-2008 6:10 AM
debbyski
OMG, that is shocking, but not entirely surprising.
9-2-2008 8:33 AM
sparlingphoto
Is that the whole story...was she with the anarchist group arrested with nails they intended to throw in front of buses so delegates could not enter the convention...or maybe she was going to "protest" by throwing buckets of urine, feces, etc. at delegates? You the right to free speech, but not the right to physically block others from that right. LOON POP!
9-2-2008 9:13 AM
ratilfar
There more, although this is bad enough, thats just the video and no, there where no feces or urine involved. She is a journalist who went help her producers. There is far more, but I don't expect the "Good Germans" from bothering to find out. I do expect them to automatically believe the story from the police even though no such things where found in any of the raids and none have been seen in the streets.

On a few other notes, Matt Stoller has a few additional photographs of some of the scenes around the city today. A 22-year-old intern from Utne Reader was caught in the middle of a tear-gas assault a...
9-2-2008 12:32 PM
The Equalizer
Check your facts re what the police found in the raids Mr.Ratilfar.
9-2-2008 12:48 PM
ratilfar
I checked my facts, that what I been doing. You got anything that proves the contrary AND validates arrest of journalist covering demonstrations, please show us.

For somebody calling themselves the equalizer, you don't seem to believe in equality.
9-2-2008 1:03 PM
masbury
The raids of which I have read - the theater and the first four - involved no confiscations and no arrests. Just a friendly visit from your local law enforcement keeping you in handcuffs for a few hours.
9-2-2008 7:06 PM
debbyski
Oh Equalizer, opps, I mean Nappy, take that gun and stuff it up your ummmmmmmmmm well, so tight conserv unimaginative arse . . .
9-2-2008 7:11 PM
debbyski
Sparling . . . . baby . . u are back! Any incentives sugar??? Come on . . . tell Debby. . . hush now baby, I'll keep it a secret
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