Monday, September 1, 2008

Amy Goodman's Arrest at the RNC -- This Sucks

The police in Minneapolis-St. Paul are being very heavy-handed as the opening day of the Republican National Convention seeps into its afternoon and evening hours. Here's a YouTube of prominent progressive journalist Amy Goodman from Democracy Now! being arrested for inciting a riot. 187 people, including several journalists from such media outlets as ABC, have been arrested so far today.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Progressive Alaska. This is wesgpc from FDL. What is the story about Palin's role in the Wasilla rec center / land deal meass? I'm surpised that this story hasn't been added to the list of issues.

I heard a bit about the drama from my relatives over by Copper Center, but they are too far away to give many details. There was a story on it in Daily Kos, but also short on details. Did she play a big role in the problem?

I wish I still had relatives living in the Mat-Su valley -I'd like to hear the scoop. I don't know if I spent enough time in Alaska to not have misperceptions, but I do remember the wild Wasilla Republicans and their antics in borough politics. Most of them were very reactionary in practice, and rather casual about due diligence and legal nicities. From what I know about Palin, she is a bit different, but the land problem rings a bell from some of the stuff I saw from before her time, and it does not re-assure me -in addition to troopergate.

Anonymous said...

Hi Philip,

The Democracy NOW! website has posted an update on Amy Goodman's arrest. She "has been officially charged with obstruction of a legal process and interference with a 'peace officer.' according to the website.

Link: http://preview.tinyurl.com/5arvg5

Anonymous said...

Phil, I heard from a usually reliable source this morning that Amy Goodman was arrested while she was interviewing the Alaska GOP delegation. Do you know anything about that?

Anonymous said...

Nothing funnier than seeing a self hating Jew sitting on her self hating ass in jail. She isn't beautiful, glad she's there!

Thanks for the laugh...phil

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