Photo By John Hoff, September 1
I noticed if I pointed my camera up at the police (or media?) helicopters and took a picture, I could see the rotor blades "freeze" in the digital image. It was pretty cool. I was like a kid with a toy.
For the purpose of fairness and accuracy, I should point out most of the time the helicopter was very far up, and this picture was taken with a digital telephoto function. But sometimes the choppers were pretty close, and you could barely hear the person next to you. Helicopter activity was the most intense on September 4, during un-permitted (but peaceful) marches which were all broken up with arrests and tear gas. At times, St. Paul sounded like a war zone.
Freedom of speech? Yeah, for helicopter blades and percussion grenades. You could hear THOSE things very clearly.
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Being the amazing, true-to-life adventures and (very likely) misadventures of a writer who seeks to take his education, activism and seemingly boundless energy to North Minneapolis, (NoMi) to help with a process of turning a rapidly revitalizing neighborhood into something approaching Urban Utopia. I am here to be near my child. From 02/08 to 06/15 this blog pushed free speech to the envelope, so others could take heart and speak unafraid. Email me at hoffjohnw@gmail.com
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