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Police raids enrage activists, alarm others
Aided by informants planted in protest groups, authorities raided at least six buildings across St. Paul and Minneapolis to stop an "anarchist" plan to disrupt this week's Republican National Convention.
http://www.startribune.com/local/27703754.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU
Arrests reported at Vets for Peace event in St. Paul
http://www.minnesotaindependent.com/6391/arrests-reported-at-vets-for-peace-event-in-st-paul
Guns Drawn, Cops Bust in on Citizens Who Plan to Protest RNC
The police where looking for Molotov cocktails, found young adults watching a movie.
Saint Paul, MN Police Department raids a home at 951 Iglehart Avenue at gunpoint. The journalists include a contributing photojournalist with "Democracy Now", whose host Amy Goodman appears in this clip jumping a fence to question police officers.
This is part of a series of police actions on the eve of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.
After several hours, all those detained were released. No arrests. No property was seized as result of the search warrant. The clip ends with an interview with homeowner Mike Whalen. At the start of the clip, a neighbor shouts to the media and onlookers that we could all come into her backyard to see the detained people held in the adjacent backyard.
Video by Chuck Tomlinson
http://blip.tv/file/1217997
http://the-uptake.groups.theuptake.org/en/videogalleryView/id/647/
Federal government involved in raids on protesters
How will McCain treat the nation? Just look how he treats Minneapolis!