Police raids enrage activists, alarm others
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Min.
03-Sep-2008 (4 comments)

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.

From Friday night through Saturday afternoon, officers surrounded houses, broke down doors, handcuffed scores of people and confiscated suspected tools of civil disobedience.

The show of force was led by the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office in collaboration with the FBI, Minneapolis and St. Paul police, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and other agencies.

...The raids began Friday night when Ramsey County sheriff's deputies, guns drawn, used a battering ram to get through a door and into the former Smith Theater on St. Paul's West Side that was being used as a gathering space by a protest group. About 60 people were inside 627 Smith Av. S. watching a movie and eating when the raid began. No one was arrested, but everyone inside was handcuffed and interviewed.

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MeyBokhor_Manbarbesuzan

Americans paying the price for years of ignorance

by MeyBokhor_Manbarbesuzan on Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:42 AM PDT

For years, this method was used by American lacky governments of other countries, with the silent approval of the majority of Americans. Now they can start to understand, why other nations really hated them and not because of the phony claim of "they hate our democracy."

Years of watching prime time sitcoms has its price and payment time has come.



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jamshid

Irandokth, YOU should be

by jamshid on Thu Sep 04, 2008 03:35 PM PDT

pro-justice everywhere. Note the emphasis on YOU. But when a person who supports a cruel regime at every opportunity talks about a minor US incident (minor relative to what the IRI is doing in Iran), then he is a HYPOCRITE. Or as I said, bi sharm and por roo.

Please note the difference.


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IRANdokht

I am for justice and freedom everywhere

by IRANdokht on Thu Sep 04, 2008 03:08 PM PDT

Jamshid jan

Just because I am an Iranian should not mean that I have to shut up when I see injustice anywhere else in the world.

When it's wrong it's wrong, why does it matter who's reporting it? This is Patriot Act in action and that was passed because people were not paying attention to the new laws that were being put in place.

I know IRI is worse, but does it mean everyone else who's not as bad as IRI should be given a free pass? Or can we not speak of it because we're Irani? Lets be fair please.

Best regards

IRANdokht


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jamshid

Another regime sympathizer

by jamshid on Wed Sep 03, 2008 02:20 PM PDT

Another regime sympathizer complaining about the US while much worst is going on in his/her own country.

You guys keep breaking your records in bi sharmi and por rooyi.


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