Excellent raw, uncut footage of a young citizen journalist fleeing the “Free Speech” zone which had suddenly come under assault by law enforcement despite the fact that the permit for the area was supposed to be good for over 2 1/2 hours.
This is the very best raw video footage I’ve found that gives a clear impression of the panic instigated by the preemptive assault policy employed by law enforcement in their warfare against dissidents and peaceful protesters outside the Xcel Center in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota during its occupation by the GOP during the RNC 2008
And this panic was initiated by law enforcement at the designated “FREE SPEECH ZONE” that was permitted to be occupied for another couple of hours. It was the planned location for the conclusion of that day’s march. That was a part of the permit signed by City of St. Paul officials. The Ramsey County Sheriff’s office – where Elliott Hughes was beaten and tortured at the hands of Sheriff Bob Fletcher’s thugs – was fully aware that the permit was good until 11 p.m. – another couple of hours away at the time of the shooting of this video.
There is no way to tell you how much I hate what the fascists are doing to our freedoms. Are you awake yet? If you didn’t see this on your news source, that is because this is what it is like to live inside of the bubble of disinformation the corporate news shrink wraps you inside of.
Are you numb yet?
If you aren’t absolutely revolted and disgusted, you most certainly aren’t paying attention.
http://rnc08report.org/archive/video/Protestors-Tear-Gassed-Raw-footage.shtml
Here is the man who must be held accountable for the actions of his staff, Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher:
Law Enforcement Center
425 Grove Street,
St. Paul, MN 55101
651-266-9333
Patrol Division
1411 Paul Kirkwold Drive
Arden Hills, MN 55112
651-266-7300
http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/sheriff/index.htm
Call them and give them an earful. I did. They hung up on me after about 15 minutes of my challenging Fletcher to an open debate about whether or not preemptive assault, unlawful search and seizure, harassment and torture are a part of official Ramsey County Sheriff policy.
They haven’t gotten back to me on that one, even though I left my phone number multiple times.
~ Mikael Rudolph
www.ImpeachForPeace.org
[email protected]
(612) 302-9252
“Like a boil that can never be cured as long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its pus-flowing ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must likewise be exposed, with all the tension its exposing creates, to the light of human conscience … before it can be cured.”
~ Martin Luther King, Jr. from his Letter from Birmingham Jail in 1963