Comments on: MnIndy video: Police, National Guard fire tear gas at Black Bloc protesters who blockaded street

By: MN National Guard

MN National Guard — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:27:36 +0000

There is an inaccuracy in your account. While Minnesota National Guard troops were indeed deployed at the request of the St. Paul Police Department, no Minnesota National Guard troops were armed, nor did Guardsmen have the capability to fire tear gas. — Minnesota National Guard Public Affairs

By: 1SG

1SG — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:54:35 +0000

to bad the minnesota guard didnt have or deploy tear gas…..it was the police

By: David Brookbank

David Brookbank — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:57:23 +0000

When nations engage in brutal, illegal international aggressions, invasions, occupations and large scale human rights abuses involving the deaths of hundreds of thousands such as the U.S. did in Vietnam and has again in Iraq, there will ALWAYS be people who are going to take it to the street. What is needed now is international support for those of in this country who have stood up to exert our so-called "constitutional rights" in this police state where habeus corpus has been effectively suspended and where police forces are commandeered by FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces, where police lie, illegal surveillance occurs, etc.

How many cities have now had some version of police repression? Remember the unprovoked police attacks on families and media in Los Angeles a couple years ago during a peaceful gathering in a park after a immigration rights march? Remember the 7/4/07 police provocation of protesters followed by the arrest of 17 and subsequent prosecutorial misconduct in Spokane? Remember Seattle at the WTO "Battle in Seattle" in 1999? Let's list some more incidents.

And were is the media? Of course they were drooling all over themselves in Beijing over the possibility of civil unrest in China during the Olympics. Now they have their unrest in St. Paul and where is the media? Answer: They are not paid to cover the truth on the streets of the U.S.

By: aurrick

aurrick — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:54:27 +0000

” pathetic mask wearing protester” or legitimate member of the press. It is good to have reporting from people willing to see firsthand what is going on to give us a account of how things occur.

Don't assume all that raise their voice are affiliated with those that do more then vocalize their objection.

By: Bjorn Watland

Bjorn Watland — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:55:28 +0000

Whose Streets? Well, now you have your answer.

By: St Paul resident

St Paul resident — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:21:32 +0000

“I was part of a cluster of four people who ducked into an alcove when the tear gas started; a tear gas canister was subsequently fired directly at us.” – Pathetic mask wearing protester

happy to hear they didnt entirily miss you.