Arrests at the RNC are going nuts!! !!

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You believe this????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ

They arrested Amy Goodman.

Now they're going through the crowds.

What the heck is wrong with Republicans?
Here's the email Democracynow.org sent me:


-----Inline Attachment Follows-----

Amy Goodman and Two Democracy Now! Producers Unlawfully Arrested At the RNC

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
www.democracynow.org

September 1, 2008

Contact:
Denis Moynihan 917-549-5000
Mike Burke 646-552-5107, [email protected]

ST. PAUL, MN—Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her. Video of her arrest can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ

Goodman was arrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now! producers who were being unlawfully detained. They are Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. Kouddous and Salazar were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the Republican National Convention. Goodman's crime appears to have been defending her colleagues and the freedom of the press.

Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher told Democracy Now! that Kouddous and Salazar were being arrested on suspicion of rioting. They are currently being held at the Ramsey County jail in St. Paul.

Democracy Now! is calling on all journalists and concerned citizens to call the office of Mayor Chris Coleman and the Ramsey County Jail and demand the immediate release of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar. These calls can be directed to: Chris Rider from Mayor Coleman's office at 651-266-8535 and the Ramsey County Jail at 651-266-9350 (press extension 0).

Democracy Now! stands by Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar and condemns this action by Twin Cities law enforcement as a clear violation of the freedom of the press and the First Amendment rights of these journalists.

During the demonstration in which they were arrested law enforcement officers used pepper spray, rubber bullets, concussion grenades and excessive force. Several dozen others were also arrested during this action.

Amy Goodman is one of the most well-known and well-respected journalists in the United States. She has received journalism's top honors for her reporting and has a distinguished reputation of bravery and courage. The arrest of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar is a transparent attempt to intimidate journalists from the nation's leading independent news outlet.

Democracy Now! is a nationally syndicated public TV and radio program that airs on over 700 radio and TV stations across the US and the globe.

Video of Amy Goodman's Arrest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ

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Oh and this:
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collec ... dman.shtml

Last edited by MADDuck on 01 Sep 2008, 8:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.

That's a crime called "Interferring with an officer of the law in the performance of his duties." She can also be charged with assault. Too bad the liberal media didn't mention that.

She broke the law. She should be arrested.

Actually, she HAD permission from the house's OWNER to be there!

please read the link.

This is why I hate conservative people.

I bet they would let Westboro Baptist Church get away with whatever they wanted.

I'll have to back you up on that!
I'm watching the RNC coverage now and it's funny Boehner is blaming the Democrats even though it's the other party in charge.
Sheesh.

You can just bathe in the hipocrisy.

I feel dirty

Oh I protest against Westboro before.

Goto www.godhatesshrimp.com see if you can find me!

Why is this not in PPR?

what's ppr?

The Politics, Philosophy, and Religion forum on WP.

...The place where all of my threads are moved to...

The subforum Politics, Philosophy, and Religion.

Oh.....
When I started this thread it was right after I got the Email of the Democracynow.org staff being arrested. I wanted to notify, not attract the lunitic right-fringe

Calling people lunatics will get more than conservatives after you.

If you bask in the glow of the republican party, you are a lunatic
if you mourned the death of Jesse Helms, you are a lunatic
if you want government to be so small you could drown it in the bathtub, you are a lunatic

If you can blame ALL of your problems of illegal immigrants, you are a lunatic.
If you believe that George W. Bush was the greatest president ever, you are a lunatic.
If books by Bill O'reilly, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity are on your shelf, you are a lunatic.

If you believe in your country and know that we are better than the last 8 years, you are not a lunatic!

Last edited by MADDuck on 02 Sep 2008, 7:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I am moving this to the PPR forum.

I'm somehow reminded of the Democratic National Convention of 1968 in Chicago.. remember Mayor Daley?

oh yes..........

that was the shiz-nit.

right now, poppy Bush is being applauded!
ewwwwwwww

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