Police Raids on Protesters Mark Start of RNC

Bruce Nestor, a Minnesota lawyer from the National Lawyers Guild, is currently representing one of the protesters and noted to Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com that "conspiracy to commit riot" in this context "basically criminalizes political advocacy." He stated that the allegations to justify the raids are "hardly ever used in state court."

State and federal officials assert that the arrests are an attempt to pursue "anarchists" and are ... Full Story »

Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Human Rights, Presidential Election 2008, Republicans, Republican Nomination
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Posted by: Posted by Patricia Blochowiak - Sep 2, 2008 - 2:32 AM PDT
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