Massive police raids on suspected protestors in Minneapolis

[ellen_datlow]

Why isn't this ALL over the media? I'm totally outraged. Watch the videos and read the coverage
Salon article by Glenn Greenwald

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[jamesenge.livejournal.com]

This story sickened me, and it's only getting worse every day. Thought police in Lake Wobegone!

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Who would have thunk it?

[14theditch.livejournal.com]

Ellen, I share your outrage, but to be fair, even CNN ran this story today. Of course, in their dribbling, half-assed way.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

They have? I haven't seen it online at cnn.com...I've been looking...it must be well and truly hidden.

[14theditch.livejournal.com]

I saw it covered on the news this morning. It probably got pushed off by the storm headlines.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Relieved to hear that.

[sunpony.livejournal.com]

It is pretty hidden, and only talks about one raid. You can find a lot more info at http://theuptake.org/, and for a detailed story on one of the raids you can go to http://www.minnesotaindependent.com/6158/breaking-food-not-bombs-house-among-saturday-raids.

I followed this pretty closely over the weekend and there is a lot of info out there, but it got very little mention in the major media.

[spsethra5.livejournal.com]

What about the other raids, CNN?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/30/rnc.protest/index.html

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

I saw that one mentioned.

[raebryant.livejournal.com]

Everyone take cover!

Hippies at large with pump action, bread baskets. They'll try to feed you and maybe give you a hug . . . oh, the horror!

. . . watch out for their banners and toxic, trailing rainbows. They'll put a permanent smile on your face . . .

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What is the world coming to, I say? Thank the Gods we have heavy-loaded police protection.

[bobhowe.livejournal.com]

Hey Ellen, as Jeff says, it's been covered. What's lacking is mainstream outrage over it. And that's been lacking at least since the Republican National Convention in New York.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

I realize it's being covered here and there but I want to see major coverage. (I know--dream on)

[bobhowe.livejournal.com]

I'm with you there.

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

It's been all over Twitter and various blogs, as well as the local news. The hurricane and McCain/Pain have taken over the rest of the media's attention.

[eclexys.livejournal.com]

It's so weird. After the demonstrations here in Korea this past summer, the cops did all kinds of raids and busts, intimidating company that hosted the streaming netizen vids and all and Buddhist monks who gave sanctuary to the planners, and so on. And nobody really seemed to see anything wrong with the government accusing them of, well, essentially organizing protests (apparently illegal here if the President doesn't like it). Nobody seemed to stand up and say, "What? What the hell? How can raiding and arresting organizers be legal?"

And here I was thinking in the US this would be a huge media event and people over there would be thoroughly outraged. sigh I guess I'm naive.

The monks thing reminds me: couldn't churches open up their doors to provide an un-raidable space? I assume some sort of right of sanctuary still exists, especially when there's no evidence of wrongdoing. Maybe someone should be calling out for churches in Minneapolis to do the right thing?

Yikes!

[themadblonde]

I'm just across the river, have friends involved in several of the protests & have not heard of this. OK, time to get a little busier.

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

That is just completely ridiculous. Did you see the footage of the journalists with press passes being arrested as well? I posted it on my journal after seeing it on Matt Good's site.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Yes. The whole thing is crap!