Amy Goodman

Heavy Handed Police at Republican Convention Have Arrested Amy Goodman (via Blog)

September 1, 2008 by admin

Welcome to Beijing...or Baghdad...or maybe St. Paul

September 1, 2008 by hummingbirdminds

This just posted on DemocracyNow site and I'm reprinting in full:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE http://www.democracynow.org/

September 1, 2008

Contact: denis [at] freespeech [dot] org (Dennis Moynihan), mike [at] democracynow [dot] org (Mike Burke)

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:

Goodman was arrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now! producers who were being unlawfuly detained. They are Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. Kouddous and Salazar were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the Republican National Convention. Goodman’s crime appears to have been defending her colleagues and the freedom of the press.

Ramsey County Sherrif Bob Fletcher told Democracy Now! that Kouddous and Salazar were being arrested on suspicion of rioting. They are currently being held at the Ramsey County jail in St. Paul.

Protests in Saint Paul lead to tear gas and arrests

September 1, 2008 by admin

The Uptake is streaming some amazing video of protests and arrests in Saint Paul. This is nothing like what happened in Denver.