Ironically, last Dec. St. Paul police promised no protester pens, no armor-plated cops

from MINNPost of Dec. 7:

By Doug Grow

Friday, Dec. 7, 2007

They had come to challenge Matt Bostrom, but now the peace-and-justice activists were applauding him.
Bostrom — an assistant chief of the St. Paul police department who is charged with balancing law, order and the First Amendment during the Republican National Convention — was saying all the right things to the activists, most of whom plan to be on St. Paul streets during the convention.
There will be no police officers infiltrating protest organizations, Bostrom promised. Police will be in uniform, not war-like tactical gear, he said. There will be no contract cops, similar to the Blackwater security forces. St. Paul police, not the Secret Service, will be in charge of policing outside the convention site at Xcel Energy Center.



http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2007/12/07/298/unlikely_as_it_might_seem_st_pauls_top_security_cop_is_gaining_the_trust_of_some_gop_convention_protesters

People were brought in from outside. I do not know who they were but they were brought in. It was not all local.

You're correct. They weren't "local" cops. :shrug:

There were as I understood it, the use of other outside agencies. What those agencies were is not published. I would think that would be interesting to find out. Behind a mask, you cannot tell can you?

Not only is lying & deception part of their individual character but it is department policy.