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Sunday, September 21. 2008

Mass Arrest: Labor Day Footage from Day One of Republican National Convention

This is incredible footage from the Twin Cities (St. Paul, Minnesota) which was day one of the Republican National Convention. The footage was acquired from an Alternet Blogger.

I couldn't even believe the bullshit of the peaceful people sitting in the park being converged upon by fully armed riot police with complete gear. Tear gas, Shields, Weapons. See for yourself the footage.

My personal favorite moment in the tape is an off-camera exchange. Police in riot gear have surrounded loungers in a waterfront park. They announce, "Ladies and Gentlemen, You're Under Arrest" and you hear one young woman say incredulously "Are you serious.

Here's the press release that came with the video, from the Glass Bead Collective:

BURIED TAPE REVEALS USE OF FORCE AND AN UNWARRANTED MASS ARREST OF BYSTANDERS DURING THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (September 18, 2008) Video released today shows the indiscriminate arrest of a crowd of two hundred at the waterfront across from a concert on Harriet Island Regional Park during this month's Republican National Convention in St. Paul. The video includes multiple angles of the event as well as an interview with the cameraman who buried his footage and was one of almost two hundred people arrested for rioting without probable cause.

Posted by Lary Holland in Riots & Arrests at 21:58 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Defined tags for this entry: democrat, hussein, john mccain, mass arrest, obama, republican national convention, republicans, riots & arrests, sarah palin

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