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Amy Goodman from Democracy Now! Films her own arrest...

She is shouting "Press Press" and they still take her down in St. Paul durning the RNC. View here

Republican National Convention in the Twin Cities means a loss of civil liberties for local residents...

Yesterday evening local Twin City law enforcement agencies started a series raids specifically targeting independent media groups with assumed intent to disrupt the their efforts to protest the Sept. 1st Republican National Convention.This is an obvious disregard to our 1st Amendment rights.

 Below is a map of the raids and links to news coverage on the raids:

Click on markers to see videos from locations

From twincities.indymedia.org
Illegal Police Raid on Anti-RNC Convergence Space in St. Paul
More police raids on Saturday morning - same warrants used as last night
TC-IMC Exclusive: Complete search warrant from Minneapolis raid today