Civil Liberties

The National Lawyers Guild has released a statement about the items seized in police raids on Saturday targeting the homes of anti-RNC protesters. Of particular note: buckets of urine that Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher said were going to be used against police.
Two buckets contain grey water and were being used to flush toilets, to [...]

As the Republican National Convention draws closer, fears of police overreach are already being realized. In just the past four days, a number of incidents have raised the suspicions of Twin Cities civil libertarians.

The Supreme Court of Minnesota ruled unanimously last month that anti-abortion protesters cannot be cited for disrupting traffic even though their signs were, by all accounts, graphic.  And that ruling has earned support from what might seem an unlikely group.

“We support and fight for First Amendment rights.  This case is about that,” said Kathi Di [...]