The RNC police state: arrest journalists, Donna Brazile pepper sprayed
by: Pam Spaulding
Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 09:00:00 AM EDT
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Ain't that America - under Bush/McCain. Let's see, the Republicans festivities have resulted in stereotypical police state violence for public consumption, and it isn't pretty. Bonus points are given for arrests and pepper spraying of journalists and politicos.
Journalists from Democracy Now -- Amy Goodman and producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were illegally arrested in St. Paul (they were just released) in a violent altercation near the Xcel Center as the police clashed with demonstrators: