Thom Hartmann is talking to Amy Goodman about the arrest yesterday

[LSK]

Stream : http://208.109.219.101:8000/live

Background: http://www.truthout.org/article/amy-goodman-and-two-democracy-now-producers-unlawfully-arrested-at-rnc

http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2008/9/1/update_democracy_now_s_amy_goodman_sharif_abdel_kouddous_and_nicole_salazar_released_after_illegal_arrest_at_rnc

[Iwillnevergiveup]

1. Fascism at the Republican convention

Hearing Amy Goodman and her producers describe what happened to them is blood-curdling.

[AllieB]

It sure is.

I hope the police get sued.

[seemslikeadream]

4. And these are reporters with creds

[EFerrari]

11. NIcole has tape of what they did to her. You can hear her screaming.

Cowardly bastards.

[seemslikeadream]

2. Police State yet?

How bad does it have to get?

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

3. Do You Even Know What A Police State Is?

Doesn't seem like it.

[seemslikeadream]

5. Yes I do and it is in Minnasota today

[LSK]

6. are you listening to Hartmann right now?

[seemslikeadream]

8. This is OUTRAGEOUS

[seemslikeadream]

7. Apparently YOU are not listening to Thom

[AllieB]

10. Are you listening to Thom Hartmann?

I agree that it's not a police state-yet-but if you're listening to Thom, and have read anything about the RNC 2004 in NYC, you would have to agree that the extreme measures used by the police on innocent people are symptomatic of a larger problem.

[seemslikeadream]

15. For people who were not there and not arrested

It is not a police state yet

[seemslikeadream]

12. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE POLICE STATE OMC

IT IS HERE

[LSK]

16. EXPLAIN THIS THEN OMC

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3896239&mesg_id=3896239

WAKE THE FUCK UP ALREADY!

Do you plan on doing NOTHING until we have a total police state and then wake up one morning and it is too late?????

[seemslikeadream]

17. I guess you must excuse some folks they don't smell the stench of burning flesh yet

[libnnc]

21. OMC won't see it until it comes to his quaint little gated neighborhood.

:eyes:

[seemslikeadream]

22. Connecting the Dots on the Minnesota Police State

http://cliffschecter.firedoglake.com/2008/09/01/connecting-the-dots-on-the-minnesota-police-state/




THIS MUST STOP NOW

[Greyhound]

36. As long as it isn't his flesh, everything is OK and all actions taken by authorities is justified.

Just Really sad.:shrug:

[Breeze54]

19. You were there? The police went way overboard !!

Yes, their behavior is acting like a police state!

Pepper sprayed in the face from a foot away, kids tackled and slammed to the ground,
punches in the face, clothes ripped off, arresting everyone in sight just for being
there!! Doing "Pre-emptive raids on houses and you don't think those are police state
tactics?!

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AP photog arrested while covering anti-war protest

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hksHDv1i55R2qYI6dkmMm10uxZ0AD92ULV1O7

By SCOTT BAUER – 42 minutes ago

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An Associated Press photographer and a Democracy Now! TV and radio show host were among those arrested at an anti-war march on the first day of the Republican National Convention. Both were released hours later.

Police said Tuesday they arrested 286 people during Monday's event. Most of the estimated 10,000 people in the march were peaceful, but small groups that police said numbered about 200 broke windows, slashed tires and harassed delegates.

AP photographer Matt Rourke was covering the protest when he was swept up by police moving in on a group of protesters in downtown St. Paul. Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was arrested as she asked police in riot gear about the status of two producers who had been arrested, one of whom she had heard was bleeding. The producers also were released later.

David Ake, an AP assistant chief of bureau in Washington, said he was concerned by the arrest of Rourke, a Philadelphia-based photographer.

"Covering news is a constitutionally protected activity, and covering a riot is part of that coverage," Ake said. "Photographers should not be detained for covering breaking news."

Phil Carruthers, director of the prosecution division of the Ramsey County Attorney's Office, said Monday night that no charges against Rourke were anticipated. Rourke, held on a gross misdemeanor riot charge, was released early Tuesday.

Democracy Now! producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties, Democracy Now! said in a statement. Democracy Now! said Kouddous and Salazar were arrested on a felony riot charge while Goodman was charged with misdemeanor obstruction of a legal process and interference with a peace officer.

All three appeared on Goodman's show on Tuesday and recounted their experience. A video of Goodman's arrest, aired on her program and also posted on YouTube, shows her begging police not to arrest her before being taken away in handcuffs.

On the Net:

* Goodman's arrest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?voYjyvkR0bGQ

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[Breeze54]

9. "And the Rethugs stood up and cheered and clapped as the kid got his face kicked in..."

:grr: :grr: This is fucking outrageous!!

Shariff, Nicole and Amy Goodman are on....

Absolutely disgusting behavior by the jack booted Rethug Police!!

[LSK]

13. they are authoritarians

Read John Deans Conservatives without Conscience.

They blindly think all figures of authority are right no matter what.

[Breeze54]

23. I don't need to read a frigging book to know what fascists look like!

I'm outraged!! :grr:

[AllieB]

14. That is sickening.

They are the same type of human being that would have cheered when Nazis beat up 'political enemies'. Truly disgusting.

[seemslikeadream]

18. Chris Floyd on Police State: Minnesota Monster Mash - Democratic ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3894314

[OwnedByFerrets]

20. This is the most scary thing that has happened in

amerika since the hoses and dogs were used on civil rights marchers.

[seemslikeadream]

24. What will OMC do when they come for him?

Oh that's right they won't because he's plays it safe




THIS MUST STOP NOW

[Breeze54]

27. Just put that naysayer on iggy...

He always is on the wrong side. Should tell you something.

[seemslikeadream]

29. I know I know boy DO I KNOW

THIS MUST STOP NOW

[lib2DaBone]

25. People on way to concert arrested in St. Paul...

People who were on their way to an outdoor concert on Harris Island were gathered up in groups as they walked to the concert. Arrestees showed their concert tickets, but police refused to allow that as proof. People of all ages.. with nothing to do with demonstrations.. were arrested as they walked downtown. Maybe Homeland Security was paying a bounty "by the head" for arrests?

[seemslikeadream]

26. Police State Minnesota

http://thestressblog.com/2008/08/30/police-state-minnesota/




THIS MUST STOP NOW

[seemslikeadream]

28. Minnesota Converted to a Police State

http://www.hoffmania.com/blog/2008/08/st-paul-convert.html



THIS MUST STOP NOW

[LSK]

30. they can hold you for 36 business hours

[seemslikeadream]

31. Police State RNC: A Nun and Eight Others Swept into Unmarked Van by Cops in Minnesota

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97077/echoes_of_a_police_state_as_minnesota_activists_held_without_charge/




THIS MUST STOP NOW

[seemslikeadream]

32. Connecting the Dots on the Minnesota Police State: Thanks, Holy ...

http://beltwayblips.com/story/connecting_the_dots_on_the_minnesota_police_state/

[seemslikeadream]

33. A Lovely Afternoon Stroll Through the Police State of St. Paul ...

http://www.urlfan.com/local/a_lovely_afternoon_stroll_through_the_police_state_of_st_paul_minnesota/97264891.html

[marmar]

34. Unreal.....Amy rarely sounds pissed, but she does today.

This is only the beginning, mi gente. It's about to get all East German up in here. :scared:

[seemslikeadream]

35. Slashdot | In MN, Massive Police Raids On Suspected Protestors

http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/08/08/31/2140252.shtml