Police, National Guard fire tear gas at Black Bloc protesters (vid) + Mass Arrests (Amy Goodman)

Dandelion Salad

Made another post with more videos, stories: Amy Goodman’s Arrest + Following the RNC Protesters + Tear Gassing the Protesters

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Minnesota Independent

Sept 1, 2008

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Teargas fired into crowd at Kellogg, MnIndy reporter hit

Minnesota Independent
By Paul Schmelzer 9/1/08 4:58 PM

Four blocks of Kellogg Blvd in St. Paul broke into chaos late this afternoon as riot police fired cannisters of chemical agents directly into the crowd. MnIndy’s Jeff Severens Guntzel was there and relayed his account of what happened.

Following an alert about an RNC Welcoming Committee “convergence,” he walked to Kellogg to find four blocks starting at Jackson filled with protesters who were dancing to the Dead Kennedy’s “California über Alles” playing on a stereo. Some were making “soft barricades,” items like newspaper boxes dragged into the street to block traffic. At 3:28, annoyed drivers eventually got out of their cars to move the debris.

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Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. » Breaking: Teargas fired into crowd at Kellogg, MnIndy reporter hit.

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More reports from MN Independent:

Police confrontations, arrests heating up late in the the afternoon (short post)

http://twitter.com/coldsnaplegal lists of mass arrests including Amy Goodman

Raw audio of Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman being arrested

Activist communications center raided, 9 arrested on conspiracy

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RNC Protest

CityPagesMN

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The Uptake

by Chuck Olsen

McCain Refuses to Meet with Iraq Veterans Against War

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RNC Mole, attorney David Anderson, Outed by Twin Cities Indymedia

Amy Goodman’s Arrest + Following the RNC Protesters + Tear Gassing the Protesters

Federal government involved in raids on protesters by Glenn Greenwald + Police Seize Bus

Space For Democracy Declines + Live video of police raid on anti-RNC activists + stimulator #2