http://minnesotaindependent.com/6936/two-of-mondays-rnc-arrestees-appear-in-court News. Politics. Media. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://minnesotaindependent.com/6936/two-of-mondays-rnc-arrestees-appear-in-court/comment-page-1#comment-11520 Thomas Good Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:11:19 +0000 http://www.minnesotaindependent.com/?p=6936#comment-11520 What I would characterize as the "mockingbird media" (a corporate owned cointelpro entity) has not covered ANY of these stories except for a brief mention of Amy Goodman's ridiculous arrest (conspiracy to commit democracy?). The false arrests, patently absurd charges and police misconduct at the MSP RNC should be the subject of intense media scrutiny but it isn't happening so I am grateful to the Independent for documenting these stories. Here in New York this is of some interest - myself and about 1800 of my closest friends were arrested at the 2004 RNC so the pattern of mass arrests is now SOP for "law enforcement". What is different is that in NYC we had a republican mayor (he has since switched sides and proclaimed himself a champion of the environment - a pretty dubious assertion) and almost all of the charges were violations or misdemeanors. It appears to the casual observer (remote at that) that the Ramsey County Sheriff's office is looking to inflate the charges to offset the lower head count of arrestees. I would love to hear an explanation for the absurd charges. But I am most curious about the St. Paul mayor. Can anyone shed some light on whether Sheriff Fletcher was acting on orders from Coleman or if he was acting on his own initiative? Is Coleman a war democrat or does he paint himself a progressive? Thanks much...and again, great coverage. What I would characterize as the “mockingbird media” (a corporate owned cointelpro entity) has not covered ANY of these stories except for a brief mention of Amy Goodman's ridiculous arrest (conspiracy to commit democracy?). The false arrests, patently absurd charges and police misconduct at the MSP RNC should be the subject of intense media scrutiny but it isn't happening so I am grateful to the Independent for documenting these stories. Here in New York this is of some interest – myself and about 1800 of my closest friends were arrested at the 2004 RNC so the pattern of mass arrests is now SOP for “law enforcement”. What is different is that in NYC we had a republican mayor (he has since switched sides and proclaimed himself a champion of the environment – a pretty dubious assertion) and almost all of the charges were violations or misdemeanors. It appears to the casual observer (remote at that) that the Ramsey County Sheriff's office is looking to inflate the charges to offset the lower head count of arrestees. I would love to hear an explanation for the absurd charges. But I am most curious about the St. Paul mayor. Can anyone shed some light on whether Sheriff Fletcher was acting on orders from Coleman or if he was acting on his own initiative? Is Coleman a war democrat or does he paint himself a progressive? Thanks much…and again, great coverage.

]]> http://minnesotaindependent.com/6936/two-of-mondays-rnc-arrestees-appear-in-court/comment-page-1#comment-11423 sarah Warren Singer Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:15:10 +0000 http://www.minnesotaindependent.com/?p=6936#comment-11423 you never heard this in the mainstream press. you never heard this in the mainstream press.

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