BREAKING: Arrests reported at Vets for Peace event in St. Paul (old lady cuffed)

Source: Minnesota Independent

At least nine people were arrested around 1 pm today near the Landmark Center in St. Paul. Their purported offense, according to a legal observer’s Twitter feed, was breaching a security perimeter.

MnIndy convention reporter Karl Bremer, who was at the scene, reports that at least two of the arrestees were elderly women, one of them a nun. He’ll be filing photos and a more detailed report later this afternoon.







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Nine protesters were arrested in an act of civil disobedience this afternoon during an antiwar march to the Xcel Energy Center where the Republican National Convention was gearing up.

About 500 activists led by Veterans for Peace marched from a rally at the State Capitol into downtown, walking behind a flag-draped coffin. As they reached St. Peter Street, organizers told those interested in an act of civil disobedience they could turn left.

Nine turned left. With retired surgeon David Harris of Red Wing in the lead, they crawled under a security tape and started nudging a loose piece of security fencing.

More than a dozen Ramsey County deputies in riot gear approached and detained them. Nine were taken into custody, seven were booked and two were released.

Earlier today St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman defended aggressive police action that has included a series of raids and arrests on the eve of the Republican National Convention. He said he hopes to protect the safety of "legitimate" protesters.

"We are making sure that people here to legitimately protest have the right to do that, but people engaging in criminal activity are not going to be able to do that," Coleman said in a Sunday morning interview.

He pointed to items seized in raids, including Molotov cocktails, a book called "Recipe for Disaster" and tools aimed at disabling buses.

"I think we have done absolutely everything we can to accommodate First Amendment rights," he said. "But the weapons recovered as a result of these operations make it very clear that there are people here

planning to engage in criminal behavior."

Absolute Bullshit... Molotov Cocktails... let's see the proof? Tools for disabling buses? ya.. a pair of kids round-tipped scissors? How about those "rare explosive implementation devices" they found...otherwise known as a "BIC" lighter. The picture of the elderly lady standing there reminds me of the man in front of the tank in Tianimen Squre. And America snoozes z-z-z-z-z-z-z

Oh yeah, same thing!

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the items for a Molotov where listed separately on the police evidence list, so anyone with the following items : glass bottle, lighter fluid of some sort does Kingsford count?, and rags has a Molotov by those standards.

BTW the events are happening in my backyard so to speak, my street is blocked, to get to work I would have to agree to be searched and once there can not leave even for lunch,the same goes for anyone working in the area near downtown and xcell center, lucky I asked for this time period off months ago.

joined the forces of darkness. How many "weapons" did you recover at the Food Not Bombs residence???

You shithead and disgrace to the human race. I suppose you are content to play Eichmann to Fletcher's Heydrich.

Coleman makes me ashamed to be a Dem.

joined the forces of darkness. How many "weapons" did you recover at the Food Not Bombs residence???

You shithead and disgrace to the human race. I suppose you are content to play Eichmann to Fletcher's Heydrich.

Coleman makes me ashamed to be a Dem.

My Lord, what is in the water up there?????

Putting your grandmother in handcuffs is gonna be one hell of a topic at Thanksgiving!

This is insane if I ever saw it. Thanks for posting this, Sushi. This is the kind of reporting the M$M won't report on (they don't have the gumption, let alone the balls!)

on their "crawler" early, like @ 3am this morning but that is about it.

I saw it with my own eyes.

The RNC must be paying the town administrators handsomely to let them use their police force as storm troopers.

Since we're in a so-called recession, pray tell me where are the repugs getting the money to finance this horror show? Oh, I get it--lobbyists.

I'm sure the money is coming from our taxes going into Homeland Security. The militarization of local police is a direct result of Homeland Security Funds. Need a Tank or some Assault rifles? No problem... just call your good buddy Chertoff in Washington, DC, and he'll send some right over. I hope they sue these police departments for everything they have. Disgraceful. Where are the mayors of Minn and St. Paul?

and you can believe that under martial law secret documents signed by W that this is probably all funded, and ordered by the cops...
my goodness - put these jackbooted thugs in shiny shoes and helmets and they turn into MONSTERS!


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that stupid bridge is still being rebuilt a few miles away....

Great use for our tax dollars, you fuckers.

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NT!

the fuck do we live:wtf:

Sad. very, very, very sad of the times we're living in.

The crowd at Denver had pushed the envelope to move out of their "Protest Zones" I have such an issue that the People are being corraled. We should not live in a Fascist State. End the Tyranny of the Government Over the People. Return to the Intent of Our Social Contract, the Constitution of the US. Please?

It's a common terrorist ploy obviously.

:sarcasm:

scurity forces trumping our rights.

"Don't Taze me bro" is our motto for years to come.

He's got the balls to do that. Well, and the sense not to, but he's still got the balls.

Hat tip to and compliments of Bleever.

-Hoot

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makes them feel powerful, and meaningful, and probably compensates for other things they're missing, like compassion, intelligence, and love.

Thats the truth at its highest degree.

She is with Women Against Military Madness. She has already done prison time for protesting and crossing the line (or fence) at Schools of the Americas.

She fights for your democracy and freedom.

Although the rally and solomn procession went very smooth.. the rest of St Paul and Minneapolis were seeing over 100 raids, cars stopped and searched, people harassed. ICE raids have been happening like crazy.

And the RNC hasn't even happened. yet.

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