Police Detain Journalists-Amy Goodman Jumps Fence To Question Cops

[DogPoundPup]

Sat. Aug 30, 2008. Saint Paul, MN Police Department raids a home at 951 Iglehart Avenue at gunpoint. The journalists include a contributing photojournalist with "Democracy Now", whose host Amy Goodman appears in this clip jumping a fence to question police officers.

This is part of a series of police actions on the eve of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.

After several hours, all those detained were released. No arrests. No property was seized as result of the search warrant. The clip ends with an interview with homeowner Mike Whalen. At the start of the clip, a neighbor shouts to the media and onlookers that we could all come into her backyard to see the detained people held in the adjacent backyard.

See video ... http://blip.tv/file/1217997

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Amy rocks

[ColbertWatcher]

3. Yes she does! n/t

[The Traveler]

2. Fascism rampant

They want their boot upon our necks. I say we deny them that pleasure!

[HEyHEY]

4. You see those people? Clearly a dangerous element!

:eyes:

[HEyHEY]

5. I hope people are looking into Judge Joanne Smith's background

[gristy]

6. Amy!

:hug:

In 1991, covering the independence movement in East Timor, Goodman and fellow journalist Allan Nairn were badly beaten by Indonesian soldiers after they witnessed a mass killing of Timorese demonstrators in what became known as the Dili Massacre.<6> She has speculated that the only thing that spared her the fate of the Australian-based journalists who were killed in East Timor in 1975 was an American passport; the United States was providing military support to the Indonesian army at the time. The U.S. did not cut off military aid to Indonesia until 1993.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_goodman

[trthnd4jstc]

7. End Fascism. End Tyranny. End the rule of the Few, over the many. n/t

[AzDar]

8. Ugly.

:kick:

[Gregorian]

9. Come on Blitzer, let's see you hope some fences!

You've got to hand it to Amy Goodman. She got their attention.