Skye of Midnight Blue and Doug of Stix accompanied me to a protest during last fall's Republican National Convention.Calling themselves anarchists, the destructive mob was quite organized.
And the federal government and the Ramsey County, Minnesota was aware of at least some of their plans.
From the Des Moines Register:
Confidential FBI documents obtained by The Des Moines Register show an FBI informant was planted among a group described as an "anarchist collective" that met regularly last year in Iowa City. One of the group's goals was to organize street blockades to disrupt the Republican convention, held Sept. 1-4, 2008, where U.S. Sen. John McCain was nominated for president.
The undercover Minnesota deputy who traveled to Iowa City was from the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department, which infiltrated a group known as the "RNC Welcoming Committee" that was coordinating convention protest activities in St. Paul.
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About 3,700 police officers — many in riot gear and some on horses — used tear gas, pepper spray and other methods to control protesters and quell disturbances. Demonstrators shattered glass windows at retail stores, and some threw feces and urine at police, authorities said.
About 25 members of Iowa City activist groups participated in the St. Paul demonstrations, but Iowa organizers said they were aware of only one Iowa City demonstrator who was arrested. Those charges were subsequently dropped.
The organized-anarchists had some snappy chants, including this one, "Resist, resist, shake your f*cking fist."
Nice people.
I'm glad the FBI and the Ramsey County Sheriff's office were doing their job.
Related posts:
Rebelling against "Whaddya got" in St. Paul
Republican National Convention counter-protesters
Protestations about whiny journalists and bloggers dumb enough to get arrested
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The RNC Welcome Party was openly advocating violence at the RNC convention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6PLwOt0Bls
Thanks for the link. And I heard that 2 of the anarchists got arrested for terrorism. One of their friends thought that injuring police was too far and they got arrested for making pipe bombs intended for the police at the GOP Convention.
It was definitely a fun time checking out the smelly ones on the last day.
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