This story kinda reminds me of the way the Religion of Peace acts. Just replace some of the words, such as anarchist and activist, with Muslim: Police raids enrage activists, alarm others
Aided by informants planted in protest groups, authorities raided at least six buildings across St. Paul and Minneapolis to stop an “anarchist” plan to disrupt this week’s Republican National Convention.
From Friday night through Saturday afternoon, officers surrounded houses, broke down doors, handcuffed scores of people and confiscated suspected tools of civil disobedience.
But a St. Paul City Council member described it as excessive, while activists, many of whom were detained and then released without charges, called it intimidation designed to quash free speech.
Say what? Oh, woops, I forgot, liberals/progressives never really read the Constitution and its Bill of Rights section
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Does this sound peaceable?
On Saturday afternoon, (Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher) displayed a number of the confiscated items: a gun, throwing knives, a bow and arrows, flammable liquids, paint, slingshots, rocks and buckets of urine.
“We know these things were going to be used as weapons,” Fletcher said, a charge protesters and their advocates vigorously disputed.
Can the “activists” explain why they had buckets of urine? Though, if they aren’t for protesting, I really do not want to know the answer.
Via Hot Air.
Late afternoon update: is it any wonder all levels of law enforcement like to keep an eye on left side groups?
Outside the Xcel Center, police used pepper spray and arrested five protesters among a crowd of about 2,000 participating in an anti-war march. The crowd was far smaller than the 50,000 march organizers had hoped for.
St. Paul police spokesman Tom Walsh said the five were arrested for lighting a trash bin on fire.
Separately, dozens of self-described anarchists wearing black clothing ran through the streets a few blocks from the march site.
Looks like the progressives are taking emulating the Religion of Peace. (Via Michelle)
