Amy Goodman Violently Arrested Today at RNC

Huffington Post by Tom D'Antoni | Sep. 2, 2008 (Opinion)

ST. PAUL, MN--Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her. Video of her arrest can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ Full Story »

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 by John Neiberger - Oct. 1, 2008

I've seen the video. It looks to me like she was disobeying the police and would not move to where they asked her to move. It also didn't look to me like her arrest was "violent", or at least any more than was necessary to arrest someone who didn't want to be arrested.

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