Sort by The Huffington Post (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008 - YouTube
Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were arrested by the Minneapolis Police Department. Charged with conspiracy to r...
Sort by The Huffington Post (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
Journalist Amy Goodman has been arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota: Her arrest comes amid accusations of police brutality in St. Paul. I-Witness founder Eileen Clancy...
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Amy Goodman, host of the independent news program "Democracy Now!," was arrested in St. Paul Minnesota today with producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. They were covering the protests at the Republican National Convention , but the Minneapolis Police Department charged them with conspiracy to riot. Goodman has since been released, but her two colleagues are still being held at the time...
Sort by Firedoglake (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
The number of arrests are up to 187. You can get live coverage of the mess with Rick Perlstein at Pacifica Radio.
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This is going to be tick a lot of people off.
Sort by Threat Level (Free subscription) - 09/03/2008
As most of the on-air cable television personalities focus on the national politics of the Republicans' nomination of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for vice president, stories and footage of clashes between the St. Paul police and protesters at the Republican National Convention are turning up...
Sort by Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
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...
Sort by American Power (Free subscription) - 09/21/2008
Criminal charges against Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman, who was arrested at the Republican National Convention for disturbing the peace, have now been dropped . Goodman has been described as "a hardcore radical who detests both of the established major U.S. political parties." Democracy Now! is described as a "hard left radio-television talk show starring Amy Goodman " and a " Pravda of the airways."...
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Amy Goodman of Democracy Now was arrested in Minneapolis today. According to the description of the video, she and two others are charged with conspiracy to riot. According to Coldsnaplegal , she was pepper-sprayed while handcuffed.
Sort by BlogHer (Free subscription) - 09/03/2008
Amy Goodman, producer and host of Democracy Now! has been released after being arrested yesterday while covering the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis. Two of the show's producers and an Associated Press photogrepher were also arrested in separate incidents during protests that drew an estimated 10,000 people on the Convention's opening day.
Sort by DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
This is from the New York Times , not the Onion . Click on it to enlarge: Mostly the GOP Convention has degenerated into corporately funded closed-door parties with lobbyists and a violent police riot on the streets . I just got this e-mail from a friend who is there: "Police in riot gear have blocked off downtown St. Paul. Bridges closed, buses shut down." (Here's a video of dangerous terrorist Amy...
Sort by Feministe (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
Amy Goodman is a journalist with Democracy Now!, feminist, activist and all around one of the most bad ass women I can think of. I’ve have the privilege of watching her speak at two separate Planned Parenthood functions, and she is both riveting and inspiring. Both times she had me nearly in tears. [...]
Sort by The Brad Blog (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
Blogged by Brad Friedman from the road... Journalist Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was arrested today, along with two producers of her radio/television show, while covering protests at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar "were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the [...]
Sort by News Hounds (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
Sean Hannity falsely announced on last night’s (9/1/08) Hannity & Colmes that “thousands of violent anti-war protesters descended on the site of the Republican National Convention earlier today assaulting police officers, breaking windows and throwing bottles at convention goers.” But moments later, even Newt Gingrich noted that the number was much lower and that the vast majority of the protesters...
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On August 13, ITN'??s John Ray was arrested while covering a protest in Beijing: Police in Beijing roughed up and detained a British journalist after he covered a Free Tibet protest close to the city'??s main Olympic zone earlier today. The incident appeared to be the clearest breach yet of the host nation'??s promise of free media access during the Games. John Ray, of Independent Television News,...
Sort by HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
They aren’t just tear gassing, macing and arresting protesters in Minneapolis Minneapolis/St. Paul, or even dirty, fucking hippy bloggers. They’re arresting credentialed journalists like Amy Goodman. What are Republicans so afraid of? Everything. UPDATE: The Stranger’s Brendan Kiley reports first hand for Minneapolis/St. Paul where a police officer dumped a canister of mace on him for daring to flash...
