MEDIA ADVISORY September, 4, 2008
For Immediate Release:
Contingent of Lawyers, Activists, and Media Take Concerns of Police
Brutality at RNC to Mayor Coleman's Office
- WHAT: Attempt to meet with Mayor Chris Coleman about
escalation of police brutality in St. Paul
- WHO: Lawyers, activists, and members of the media
- WHEN: September 4, 2008 @ 4:00 p.m.
- WHERE: St. Paul Mayor's Office, 15 W. Kellogg Blvd.
Police violence has not been limited to the streets. The Coldsnap Legal
Collective, providing support to people arrested at the RNC, has
received numerous reports of abuse in the jails. In addition to
widespread denial of medical attention, multiple people have been
brutalized by Sheriff's Deputies inside their cells. At a press
conference earlier today, recently released activist Elliot Hughes made
statements that while in jail he had a bag placed over his head, a gag
in his mouth, and was beaten to unconsciousness by multiple correctional
officers.
Have any videos, photos, or witness statements from the RNC?
