I-Witness Video Collective Forced Out of Living Space After Second Raid by St. Paul Police in Five Days

Democracy Now by Amy Goodman | Sep. 4, 2008 (Interview)

Police in St. Paul are being accused of continuing to intimidate a group of video makers that traveled to the Twin Cities to document police misconduct during the Republican National Convention. On Saturday, police raided a home where members of the I-Witness Video collective were staying. Members of the group were detained for over two hours. The building's landlord forced the group to move out yesterday after police armed with batons and a battering ram ... Full Story »

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Topics: Civil Liberties, Republican Nomination, Republican Party
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The interview covers police harassment of citizen journalists who were attempting to monitor police for illegal and brutal policing activities, such as were useful in dismissing many of the charges in New York.

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