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to those who care: Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her. can be seen here. Goodman was arrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now! producers who were being unlawfully detained. They are Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. Kouddous and Salazar were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the Republican National Convention. Goodman's crime appears to have been defending her colleagues and the freedom of the press. Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher told Democracy Now! that Kouddous and Salazar were being arrested on suspicion of rioting. They are currently being held at the Ramsey County jail in St. Paul. Democracy Now! is calling on all journalists and concerned citizens to call the office of Mayor Chris Coleman and the Ramsey County Jail and demand the immediate release of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar. These calls can be directed to: Chris Rider from Mayor Coleman's office at 651-266-8535 and the Ramsey County Jail at 651-266-9350 (press extension 0). Democracy Now! stands by Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar and condemns this action by Twin Cities law enforcement as a clear violation of the freedom of the press and the First Amendment rights of these journalists. During the demonstration in which they were arrested law enforcement officers used pepper spray, rubber bullets, concussion grenades and excessive force. Several dozen others were also arrested during this action. |
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is one of the most well-known and well-respected journalists in the United States. She has received journalism's top honors for her reporting and has a distinguished reputation of bravery and courage. The arrest of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar is a transparent attempt to intimidate journalists from the nation's leading independent news outlet. is a nationally syndicated public TV and radio program that airs on over 700 radio and TV stations across the US and the globe. Democracy Now! airs on over 650 radio and TV stations, including Pacifica, NPR, community, and college radio stations; on public access, PBS, satellite TV stations (DISH network: Free Speech TV ch. 9415 and Link TV ch. 9410; DIRECTV: Link TV ch. 375); on the World Radio Network's European Service and on the Community Broacasting Association of Australia service; as a "podcast", automatically downloaded to your computer or portable audio player; and streams live M-F at 8am EST at |
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wtf holy shit. |
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It's hard work maintaining a democracy, you can't have people just doing what they want. Give the Sheriff a break, especially as the first two people they arrested probably looked foreign. |
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neeeeext |
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The Land Of Freedom! America better wake up before it's too late. |
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old habits die hard |
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"America better wake up before it's too late" No. What is that supposed to mean? Like "America" is one united being that has its own solid stance? America hasn't been united since it began my friend. Let's not forget that we are all simply people. |
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Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar have all been released from police custody in St. Paul following their illegal arrest by Minneapolis Police on Monday afternoon. All three were violently manhandled by law enforcement officers. Abdel Kouddous was slammed against a wall and the ground, leaving his arms scraped and bloodied. He sustained other injuries to his chest and back. Salazar's violent arrest by baton-wielding officers, during which she was slammed to the ground while yelling, "I'm Press! Press!," resulted in her nose bleeding, as well as causing facial pain. Goodman's arm was violently yanked by police as she was arrested. Goodman was arrested while questioning police about the unlawful detention of Kouddous and Salazar who were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the Republican National Convention. Goodman's crime appears to have been defending her colleagues and the freedom of the press. Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher told Democracy Now! that Kouddous and Salazar were arrested on suspicion of rioting, a felony. While the three have been released, they all still face charges stemming from their unlawful arrest. Kouddous and Salazar face pending charges of suspicion of felony riot, while Goodman has been officially charged with obstruction of a legal process and interference with a "peace officer." Democracy Now! forcefully rejects all of these charges as false and an attempt at intimidation of these journalists. We demand that the charges be immediately and completely dropped. |
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throwing around the words "illegal" and "unlawfully" doesn't make it so. |
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i live in minneapolis, and sorry to say, the cops here are not friendly towards protests of any kind. they will arrest you on phony charges, hold you for a while then release you without actually charging you formally. i don't really understand how they get away with it. it's very hard to get a brutality charge to stick; they can manhandle you quite harshly and get away with it. btw, the fbi attempted to recruit people to infiltrate groups intending to protest the RNC convention. i don't know if they did recruit anyone; i only know that they attempted to recruit people who refused their offer. i hope you are all aware that the united states goverment also plants people at protests to incite problems and stimulate arrests. the canadian government does it, too. the canadians say that they never provoke violence or trouble, but in my humble opinion this is a lie. funny that some people apparently think these problems only exist in the united states... |
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that's why you have to make a big stink in the press, and even spin it a little if possible. i think we can be thankful its not quite a third world country where the line between government, law enforcement, mafia, and terrorist is completely blurred, but there is still plenty of corruption and good old boy bullshit to deal with. |
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i think they picked the wrong woman to mess with |
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she is a very pretty man |
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here's a good one from denver at the dnc |
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i'm afraid that it happens all over the world. did you hear what the italian police did at genova g8 2001? or just do a youtube search for egyptian police. |
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shocking :( |
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What's this "left-of-center perspective" then? Does it spell D-A-N-G-E-R? |
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Judging by all the footage the only conclusion to come to is that the police in America are serious cunts. All too ready to shoot rubber bullets, throw tear gas and concussion grenades. 'throwing around the words "illegal" and "unlawfully" doesn't make it so.' Indeed, it works both ways. |
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