RNC - police state 1515 Responses

Last post: 2 months, 3 weeks ago | Thread started: Aug 30, 08, 4:17 p.m.

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• flashbender

  wow. This even before the conventions starts.

  "Ramsey County authorities conducted raids across Minneapolis and St. Paul Friday and Saturday as a pre-emptive strike against disruptive protests of the Republican National Convention.

  Five people were arrested and more than 100 were handcuffed, questioned and released by scores of deputies and police officers, according to police and elected officials familiar with the raids."

  http://www.startribune.com/polit…

  Aug 30, 08, 4:17 p.m. – Permalink

• flashbender

  Thie last statement in the article:

  "Three people were arrested and detained for probable cause conspiracy to commit a riot following a raid at 3240 17th Ave. S. in Minneapolis. ... This is a charge that police use for preventive detention," he said. "It requires that no actual criminal act be committed and borders on criminalizing political advocacy."

  

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  Dog-earAug 30, 08, 4:20 p.m. – Permalink

• robotron3k

  oh yeah, you are not going to see anything yet... we have been seeing this go on 100s of times, almost monthly, here in new york since sept. 11th, 2001

  

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  Dog-earAug 30, 08, 4:20 p.m. – Permalink

• flashbender

  I drove to a nature reserve in St. Paul today and on the way I saw 5 vehicles pulled over being searched.

  I feel very safe.

  I'm thinking I should grab a camera and head down to the convention Monday.

  • if you want to be inconspicuous, wear a dress shirt and tie. I kid you not...– robotron3k1/4

    or do like someone here said and order riot gear off the internet and dress up like a cop.– Tark2/4

    i'm with you buddy. i am thinking about wearing a nixon mask!– jaylarson3/4

    haha. that's a brilliant idea– flashbender4/4

  

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  Dog-earAug 30, 08, 4:23 p.m. – Permalink

• hiimerik

  Oh please please please dress up like a cop, that's not asking for any trouble at all.

  • lol– cursiveshotgun

  

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  Dog-earAug 31, 08, 10:38 a.m. – Permalink

• TheBlueOne

  Meanwhile, in New Orleans, Blackwater is getting geared up to police the populace:

  http://www.thespywhobilledme.com…

  • blackwater eh?
    if they don't hurry up they'll simply shoot them..– janne76

  

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  Dog-earAug 31, 08, 11:07 a.m. – Permalink

• cursiveshotgun

  god damn hippies

  

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  Dog-earAug 31, 08, 11:10 a.m. – Permalink

• flashbender

  um, wow. Just wow.

  "Blackwater did deploy security personnel to assist New Orleans in wake of Hurricane Katrina and this resulted in great controversy since it was the first time a private military corporation had deployed on US soil."

  Yeah, they obviously did a bang-up the first time around.

  

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  Dog-earAug 31, 08, 11:21 a.m. – Permalink

• Georges

  Aren't you guys scared yet?
  They can always pretend you were going to commit a "terroristic" act.
  beleive me, nobody is going to verify the claims
  

  

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  Dog-earAug 31, 08, 11:22 a.m. – Permalink

• kld

  home of the free

  

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  Dog-earAug 31, 08, 12:01 p.m. – Permalink

• colin_s

  i have a friend in mpls in the punk scene and all sorts of house shows are getting shut down due to fear of raids since the punks apparently represent "high threats of anarchist activity."

  the slope towards a police state is very slight but every now and again something happens to show just how far down you've gone. this is a prime example of using fear to quell dissent and protest in, ironically, a big festival of speeches about freedom and democracy. a+ america.

  • indeed. the ball is swiftly rolling down that slight slope. Aided no doubt by fear and ignorance and complacency– flashbender

  

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  Dog-earAug 31, 08, 12:04 p.m. – Permalink

• johndiggity

  you can either choose to live in fear of a police state, or live in fear of a terrorist attack. you are never without a choice in the matter.

  • Terrust attak from who?– Georges1/5

    The police.– TheBlueOne2/5

    pardon me, you are both are correct. everyone loves america. what was i thinking?– johndiggity3/5

    want some more koolaid?– kld4/5

    what is interesting is both domestic and foreign policy create these two states. and the government is guiding them both– kld5/5

  

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  Dog-earAug 31, 08, 12:11 p.m. – Permalink

• jaylarson

  http://www.startribune.com/video…

  

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  Dog-earAug 31, 08, 2 p.m. – Permalink

• jaylarson

  i bet these people never existed, a totally fabricated story mayhaps... ahh mota.

  

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  Dog-earAug 31, 08, 2:02 p.m. – Permalink

• flashbender

  StarTribune's stupid video player no worky on my mac

  

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  Dog-earAug 31, 08, 3 p.m. – Permalink

• Georges

  I should send a package to Minneapolis ;P
  

  

  • there are a number of us here– flashbender

  

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  Dog-earAug 31, 08, 3:19 p.m. – Permalink