Violence at the RNC: Riots, Excessive force and Illegal Arrests

Dear Friend and Reader,

While doing some Sarah Palin research, I discovered an article on Feministing, an online feminist resource, that there was a terrifying police and National Guard presence at a peace protest outside the Republican National Convention on Monday, which lead to an outrageous use of force including “pepper spray, rubber bullets, concussion grenades and excessive force,” according to this report. 284 protestors were arrested.

Reporter Amy Goodman and two producers, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar, of Democracy Now, were arrested. The link is a video of the arrest. See for yourself whether you think the police used unnecessary aggression. Seven reporters from I-Witness, a group of NYC-based video journalists focused on civil rights, were detained as a preemptive measure, while 30 police officers surrounded their office.

Here are more details about the arrest of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar:

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