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Bostrom eyeing run for Ramsey County Sheriff’s post

By Paul Demko | 10.27.09 | 2:19 pm

Matt BostromAssistant St. Paul Police Chief Matt Bostrom is likely to challenge Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher in 2010. Bostrom filed campaign papers with the Ramsey County Elections office…

Attorneys for Minnesota Nine call criminal charges ‘outrageous’

By Paul Demko | 09.05.08 | 12:00 pm


In the days leading up to the Republican National Convention, a series of police raids led by the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office resulted in the arrest of eight people for allegedly conspiring to disrupt the political gathering. On…

MnIndy Video: RNC Welcoming Committee unbowed by raids

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.30.08 | 5:11 pm

At 11:30 this morning, members of the RNC Welcoming Committee and allied groups met in South Minneapolis’ Powderhorn Park for a community meeting to regroup after law enforcement raids last night and early this morning. MnIndy’s Andy Birkey

Ramsey County Sheriff issues statement on raid

By Tom Elko | 08.30.08 | 12:28 pm

The following statement was issued by the Ramsey County Sheriffs Department in regards to last nights raid on the RNC Welcoming Committee’s convergence space in downtown St. Paul:

On August 29, 2008 at 9:15 pm the Ramsey County

Video: St. Paul police raid convergence space

By Tom Elko | 08.30.08 | 10:42 am

In a video report from Submedia.tv, individuals caught in Friday night’s raid on the RNC Welcoming Committee’s “convergence site,” describe how they went from watching a movie to lying face down, handcuffed, with guns pointed at them.

Crackdown begins: Food Not Bombs house among Saturday raids

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.30.08 | 9:41 am

MnIndy RNC reporter Jeff Severns Guntzel is at the Minneapolis Food Not Bombs house, which was raided by police this morning. Facts are still coming in, but Guntzel says that at 8 a.m. neighbors near the home, located at 2301 23rd Avenue South, reported hearing a loud bang followed by yelling. A single police squad car was parked out front. When Gunztel arrived he saw eight or nine officers enter the house in what he says is apparently a joint operation between officers of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s department and Minneapolis police. According to one witness, the action is related to last night’s raid on the RNC Welcoming Committee’s “convergence space.”

Look for updates after the jump.

The anarchists are coming: Media scare tactics unfounded, anti-RNC groups say

By Andy Birkey | 08.20.08 | 12:25 pm

With the Twin Cities set to host massive protests, an influx of media and thousands of Republicans and supporters, local corporate media are looking to fuel fears that things could get out of control. One activist group being targeted…