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RNC aftermath: No charges from 323 arrests on final day

By Paul Demko | 02.20.09 | 4:11 pm

Charges will not be filed against 323 people who were arrested on the Marion Street and Cedar Street bridges during the fourth day of the Republican National Convention, the St. Paul city attorney’s office announced today. Local civil rights activists say the failure to press charges is the latest evidence that many RNC arrests were frivolous.

Dispatches from day one of the RNC

By Paul Demko | 09.01.08 | 6:19 pm

By Anna Pratt and Paul Demko

Early in the day protesters were joking with the riot police.

This group of anarchists, many of them wearing masks, refused to speak with reporters. Occasionally they would pause in…

RNC protests: St. Paul police lay out parade route for opening day of convention

By Paul Demko | 05.14.08 | 6:21 pm

The St. Paul Police Department issued a detailed permit today laying out the parade route that protesters will be allowed to utilize on the opening day of the Republican National Convention. Marchers will be…

Lawsuit seeks to overturn St. Paul’s RNC protest policies

By Paul Demko | 05.09.08 | 11:00 am

On Sept. 1, thousands of protesters are expected to converge on St. Paul to mark the opening of the Republican National Convention. The ad-hoc plan is for demonstrators to gather at the State Capitol grounds around 11…