When I parked near the Capitol this morning around 7:15, a contingent of 50 or so police from Minneapolis were wrapping up a staging meeting in the Sears parking lot. They proceeded to exit the parking lot in a convoy of about two dozen vehicles, mostly unmarked mini-vans and Penske rental moving trucks–the latter, presumably, for transportation of detainees.

RNC cops meet in the Sears parking lot adjacent to the Capitol at 7:15 this morning...

RNC cops meet in the Sears parking lot adjacent to the Capitol at 7:15 this morning...

...and departed in a long convoy of unmarked mini-vans and rental cargo vans.

...and departed in a long convoy of unmarked mini-vans and rental cargo vans.