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
Saturday, September 20, 2008
RNC 2008: Confrontation At Mears Park, September 2
Photos By John Hoff, September 2, reverse chronological order from top
Needlessly and pointlessly throwing their weight around, St. Paul police snatched a couple people from Mears Park during the Poor People's Rally, charging them with third degree minor bullsh** and...
...conspiracy to commit second degree petty b.s.
This produced a messy, tense confrontation between keyed up protesters and paranoid St. Paul police. Media was right in the middle of the swirling mess...SO MUCH MEDIA, including the van of a television crew, which had a spectacular view from the rooftop of their vehicle. What finally changed the game was the beginning of the poor people's march leaving the park, causing almost everybody to break away and giving police an opportunity to leave with their prisoners.
I caught this mess on video. Click here. And also here.
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