Amy Goodman Grills St. Paul Police Chief About Her Arrest

[L. Coyote]

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Amy Goodman Grills St. Paul Police Chief About Her Arrest and Two Democracy Now! Producers

On Tuesday morning, St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington held a news conference where he spoke about the nearly 300 people arrested in a police crackdown on protesters a day earlier. Among them were several journalists covering the protests in the streets, including three of us at Democracy Now!—Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. Amy Goodman questions Harrington about the arrests.

[JDPriestly]

1. Prior restraint.

Reporters are simply being barred from reporting on police brutality. All that the police (or the Republicans) have to do is to embed a few provocateurs in an orderly demonstration and use that as an excuse to bar reporters.

This is a violation of human rights -- a big one. Do you suppose we can drop the Palin babies issues long enough to focus on something serious?

[niceypoo]

3. We can walk and chew bubblegum at the same time

Thank you...

[mikelgb]

2. 5th

[sasquatch]

4. What a douche

[navarth]

5. people should be losing their jobs over this horse shit

only way to stop a police state is to punish those that participate in it.

[fascisthunter]

6. So They Filled the Crowd with Cops to Make it look like Reporters

were there for a legit press conference... how disgusting is that?

[MNBrewer]

7. SS complicity

does that still stand for Secret Service?

[L. Coyote]

19. Why was the SS there?

[Magleetis]

8. Welcome to the new America

I really used to like this country. Harrington has an ego bigger than his gut. Everyone is a criminal in his eyes.

[jimlup]

9. What the hell is the deal with the Secret Service!

Wow! Nothing less than the secret service ripped Amy's press credentials from her. This wasn't an accidental arrest. They had decided to take down the democracy now reporting team.

[Muttocracy]

12. it is rather odd the Secret Service has time to follow around groups of 50 demonstrators

isn't it....

[americanyouth]

10. If they want LA again, they're on the right path

people only take so much before they remember they outnumber the police

[PurgedVoter]

11. K&R

it is time that the abuser of public trust, cease to be protected in these cases. These men need to be held for the same equivalent charges they have placed on others. This is simply abuse of the legal system. The men involved should never be allowed to serve in a public capacity again. Only when they turn evidence against their higher ups should the laws be restrained against these criminals who endanger the peace. John Harrington needs to face the full fury of the law. We need laws to prevent this type of abuse and deceit. I see nothing right about this man Harrington.

[Flagrante]

13. Where is the voice of Obama speaking out against this arrest of journalists?

Those who don't condemn are complicit.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

14. Harrington should be fired

He's oppressing free speech by the actions taken by his police force.

[baldguy]

15. For being the Chief of Police, he doesn't know much about what the police are doing.

Or so he says.

[intheflow]

20. Amazing that he didn't even know about the security measures

for his own press conference. This man is either completely incompetent or a complete Republican tool--or maybe both.

[victordrazen]

16. The "anarchists" were staged

by you know who.

[rusty quoin]

17. "If reporters are in the midst of the riot, we can't protect them"

from ourselves.

[Chisox08]

18. welcome to Bush's Amerikkka

If things keep going the way they are going we are going to look a lot like China in a few years

[trthnd4jstc]

21. Now comes this comes to my mind: What is a riot?

Is not a riot rampant destruction? Is not a riot mayhem? Is not a riot unlawful disorder? But are we not allowed certain inalienable liberties that the government may not abridge without due process, and probable cause? And, was not common law the basis for the 6th amendment, hence it is the spirit of the law, and less the letter that is most relevent? I hope that St. Paul is sued hard, and the police have to get put away, and Chief John Harrington is fired.