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30th August 2008, 20:00
Police raid multiple houses in advance of RNC
by Tim Nelson, Minnesota Public Radio,
Sea Stachura, Minnesota Public Radio
August 30, 2008
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. — Police conducted a series of raids Saturday morning apparently targeting protestors who planned to demonstrate during the Republican National Convention.
Five people were arrested in Saturday's raids, according to the National Lawyer's Guild.
Dave Bicking who lives in the 3200 block of 17th Avenue south in Minneapolis says his son and two other people were arrested during a raid this morning. Bicking says his son will be charged with conspiracy to riot.
Minneapolis police say they also conducted a raid in the 3500 block of Harriet Avenue south. No word on arrests there.
The National Lawyers Guild says a third raid took place in the 2300 block of 23rd Avenue south. But there is no word on whether any arrests took place there.
The RNC welcoming committee, which is organizing protests, told reporters this morning four raids took place and five people were arrested.
Tony Jones, a member of the RNC Welcoming Committee, says 60 people were detained last night for at least two hours. No arrests were made, but computers, Welcoming Committee paraphanalia, maps and puppets were confiscated.
Jones said the police said they were carrying out a warrant to search for bomb making amterials. He says the group received no copy of the warrant.
St. Paul city councilman Dave Thune says a Friday night raid on an anarchist group in his city was "bogus".
Councilman Thune says he's embarrassed by a search performed jointly by the Ramsey County Sheriffs Department and St. Paul Police Department. He thinks the raid was unnecessary. "I think this is a hugely overblown even, and I'm furious this is the way we start out a week that's supposed to be about talking about free speech," Thune said.
The anarchist group held a news conference this morning and claimed the raid was an effort to intimidate groups who are organizing protests for the RNC.
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More raids are apparently happening right now, and will probably continue to happen throughout the day. They publicly admit they want to intimidate us, but all they're doing is making us more and more angry. More news as it comes my way.
by Tim Nelson, Minnesota Public Radio,
Sea Stachura, Minnesota Public Radio
August 30, 2008
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. — Police conducted a series of raids Saturday morning apparently targeting protestors who planned to demonstrate during the Republican National Convention.
Five people were arrested in Saturday's raids, according to the National Lawyer's Guild.
Dave Bicking who lives in the 3200 block of 17th Avenue south in Minneapolis says his son and two other people were arrested during a raid this morning. Bicking says his son will be charged with conspiracy to riot.
Minneapolis police say they also conducted a raid in the 3500 block of Harriet Avenue south. No word on arrests there.
The National Lawyers Guild says a third raid took place in the 2300 block of 23rd Avenue south. But there is no word on whether any arrests took place there.
The RNC welcoming committee, which is organizing protests, told reporters this morning four raids took place and five people were arrested.
Tony Jones, a member of the RNC Welcoming Committee, says 60 people were detained last night for at least two hours. No arrests were made, but computers, Welcoming Committee paraphanalia, maps and puppets were confiscated.
Jones said the police said they were carrying out a warrant to search for bomb making amterials. He says the group received no copy of the warrant.
St. Paul city councilman Dave Thune says a Friday night raid on an anarchist group in his city was "bogus".
Councilman Thune says he's embarrassed by a search performed jointly by the Ramsey County Sheriffs Department and St. Paul Police Department. He thinks the raid was unnecessary. "I think this is a hugely overblown even, and I'm furious this is the way we start out a week that's supposed to be about talking about free speech," Thune said.
The anarchist group held a news conference this morning and claimed the raid was an effort to intimidate groups who are organizing protests for the RNC.
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More raids are apparently happening right now, and will probably continue to happen throughout the day. They publicly admit they want to intimidate us, but all they're doing is making us more and more angry. More news as it comes my way.