Opposing RNC 2008: Members of RNC Welcoming Committee Wait Outside Detention Facility For Their Comrades (Photo 1)

Photo by John Hoff

A detention facility for protesters is located along Lafayette Road in St. Paul, just south of the intersection of Lafayette and University Avenue. There, four true blue loyal friends of the "RNC 6" (or is it 5?) wait, backs up against a cement barricade, for the release of their friends...

The detention facility is along the planned protest route for Tuesday's Poor People's Protest. That should be interesting. I ran into four young people waiting in front of the facility; only two were willing to be photographed. To the left is "Marshall Jim," cleverly disguised in a DARE t-shirt so he will look "like a fascist." To the right is a guy called "John." Two young women are not pictured, and when asked for her alias, one of them said she preferred to be known as "Not Here."

They were keenly aware of the police raid on the St. Paul convergence center at 627 Smith Ave. S., and thought the seizure of gray water as "buckets of urine" was particularly ridiculous. Marshall Jim was barefoot, his shoes nearby. They appeared to have been waiting a long time. Nearby police and National Guard personnel appeared to be leaving them alone for the moment.