Paranoid Republicans

[Pharaoh]

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Raid a house where journalists are staying to cover the Republican Convention.


Source: 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


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[goddess40]

1. the republican's = police state

absolutely disgusting!

[jph wacheski]

2. men with guns,. . is freedom?

So they are sending large groups of men with guns,. all dressed in black, around town threataning and detaining so called free people,. hummm,. that just don't sound like a free country to me,. but i could be wrong. maybe freedom is; freedom from having to question the athority of the Grand Old Party? as they really do know what is best for themselves,. and the rest of us,. freedom trickles down right?

[psychmommy]

3. K & R

it's scary. why are the cities so afraid of protest? will we ever be able to go back to the way we were. repubs have ruined our country.

[Spiffarino]

4. "Firearms, ammunition, holsters, cleaning equipement...

...that may be used for firearms..."

So where the fuck is the NRA? I thought they were all about protecting 2nd Amendment freedoms?

IOKIYAR

[niceypoo]

5. People like Al Gore, Hillary and Biden need to issue statements...

...on these blatantly political operations, likely ordered by Cheney.

[Spiffarino]

6. Damn right

What kind of judge issues terrorist warrants for reporters? And even if they are protesters, where's the probable cause?

This is why it's not just important - it's IMPERATIVE - that we elect progressives down the line. It's a nutcase state judge who issued the warrants. A judge who had two days of Constitutional Law would have laughed this out of her court.