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Pepper spray and arrests: Welcome to St. Paul

Posted by on Sep 2, 2008 in Causes | 1 comment

If you’re bored with the talking heads, check out the action on the streets of St. Paul. Police there conducted “a pre-emptive strike against disruptive protests” ahead of the Republican National Convention, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Liliana Segura writes for AlterNet that the raids targeted video activists.

Which leads to at least one riddle for the connect society: What’s the difference between a journalist and a video activist?

Follow the play-by-play via Twitter from coldsnaplegal, or watch the video from the I-Witness Video collective.

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Andrew Nachison

Andrew Nachison

Andrew is co-founder of We Media and of iFOCOS, a media think tank and futures lab. Find him on LinkedIn.

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  • http://www.wemedia.com Dale Peskin

    Reminds me of the police state at the Beijing Olympics. Our government was critical of the Chinese for deporting vloggers who filmed protests over Tibet.