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RNC Day Two Diary (Part II): Armies of the night

By Jeff Severns Guntzel | 09.03.08 | 9:16 am


Continued from part I.
Leaving the Xcel Center, I walk outside and search for whatever gate will spit me out of the security zone the closest to the State Capitol. Riot police are shadowing a march organized…

RNC Day One Diary: All roads lead to Kellogg Boulevard

By Jeff Severns Guntzel | 09.01.08 | 11:30 pm

Though thousands marched through the streets of St. Paul today without incident, it was difficult to ignore a roving group of protesters who were sometimes marching and sometimes dashing their way through a parade route they reinvented by the minute. Minnesota Independent’s Jeff Severns Guntzel followed them to the day’s chemical-soaked climax.