Protesting on the 'Mean Streets' of St. Paul

re: Protesting on the Mean Streets of St. Paul

GTX13 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:38:57 GMT

Some political vagabonds, inspired by the KGB and some Michael Moore's extremists, trained in Holywood-Havana-Castro !

re: Protesting on the Mean Streets of St. Paul

andalou — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:11:48 GMT

The world is watching indeed. For those outside the chaos, the impression now is that the Republicans are winning and winning BIG. Maybe a little restraint would be helpful. I WAS a Republican and will be voting Democrat this time around. I cannot understand however why all the violence, why all the destruction of peoples property. I used to be on the outside looking in, now I am on the inside looking out. It wasn't the police knocking over newspaper stands, and trash cans, or smashing windows, it was the anti-war, protesting crowd. How shameful. I am sad for my new group.

re: Protesting on the 'Mean Streets' of St. Paul

nimodahooligan — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:26:54 GMT

i was there, except i got caught in the crossfire. we were coming from a concert on harriet island, which is across the river from st paul connected by the wabasha bridge, after the concert they told us to walk to the next bridge down (it was only a few miles, no big deal) because they had closed the wabasha bridge for obvious reasons. but as soon as we (and i say "we" because there were some 5,000 plus people behind me) got to the end of the other bridge entering downtown st, paul we were greeted by the goon squad. WE WERE TOLD TO TAKE THE BRIDGE, THEN THEY TELL US WE CANT COME INTO THE CITY? HOW THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET HOME??? my car was literally a block away and they would not let me pass... we werent protesting, we werent rioting, we werent breaking a single law, we were trying to go home. i didnt want to be there anymore than they wanted me there. this article explains it quite well. it definatley had a police state feel to it. i saw cops being total d-bags to the genereal populus that were residents just walking in the city. acting like they own the whole town. driving whereever they want, i saw a woman almost get hit by cops in a rented toyota van crossing the cross walk. she had the green light to walk and they literally bumped her and her husband with the car and started yelling at them like they were hoodlums..., the cops werent paying any attention to the lighting systems anywhere in the city, where-as the residents were still required to obide by traffice laws or they would bust you for aggresive driving or give you a felony for not "cooperating with justice". i understand they need tight security, i understand controlling and preventing riots. i understand the logic. but what i saw yesterday went beyond logic, it was a picture perfect reason why Bush enacted the Patriot act. so the "man" can flex his big bad muscles and shut down anything and anyone. they legally have every right to do what they did, even to spray a woman in the face with pepper spray after giving them a flower. doea anyone else have a serious problem with that??

tell you what, they havent seen anything...rage against the machine plays wednesday at target center and i will be there...and the s**t will hit the fan...

re: Protesting on the 'Mean Streets' of St. Paul

phoenixtoo — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:35:12 GMT

why no mention of the arrest of at least 3 journalists who were observing and recording the events? 3 form Democracy now (2 filmed) and an AP photographer.

re: Protesting on the 'Mean Streets' of St. Paul

Techie3 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:14:37 GMT

I live nearby in Tim Pawlenty's town and am saddened and horrified at what has gone on down in St. Paul. When the politicans require such drastic measures to protect themselves against the people maybe it's time we stop protecting them. Growing back in the 1950's politicians sure didn't have to close cities down and line the streets with 50 million dollars worth of hired gunmen, three million in "gases", SUV loads of Tactical Forces, the military, FBI, Secret Service, Federal Protective Services, Coast Guard, helicopters overhead, and instigate violence against their own citizens arresting reporters. The whole place is fenced off like some prison complex but wake up, this is supposed to be America, not the Green Zone. Then to top it off Bush and Cheney use the lame excuse about the hurricane not to even show up?(Like they care about people). Maybe I'm older but I know a bunch of gangsters when I see them. They have gunmen around them and they intimidate the people because they are fleecing them. These oil backed thugs and schills and this private EXXON funded party has been a disaster for the city and it's image. Ron Paul packed the Target Center without 50 million for "Security" right next door, maybe it's time people took a good look at what's happening and dumped the gangsters. We don't want a police state run by gangsters.