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Like Goldilocks, survey says police handled RNC ‘just about right’

By Chris Steller | 09.15.08 | 8:58 am

Hey, someone’s been eating my constitutional rights!

After St. Paul announced last week that a man named Heffelfinger would review law enforcement during the Republican National Convention, a local TV station trumpeted what would seem to be Goldilocks’ view on the matter.

This weekend’s SurveyUSA/KSTP-TV poll reported that — in Three-Bears fashion — 60 percent of Minnesotans surveyed chose “Just About Right” as the best answer to this question: “How do you think law enforcement handled the arrests of hundreds of protesters during the Republican National Convention?”

“Just About Right?” Does that mean 60 percent of Minnesotans think that 45 is just about the right number of journalists to be arrested and detained?