Leah's Photos from the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul
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VFP Executive Director Michael McPherson explaining the plan for participating in non-violent civil disobedience (by taking the march off of its “permitted” route), for those who chose to risk arrest.
The riot police are forming up behind us, preparing to force us off the street.
Juan Torres (Gold Star Father), Melida and Carl os Arrendondo (Gold Star Parents) and the memorial to Alex Arrendondo that Carl os has taken all over the country. You can see the riot police behind them.
Just a small sample of the riot cops which were everywhere.
Some of my fellow protesters at Alliant Tech (makers of cluster bombs, land mines and depleted uranium weapons). There were about 50 protesters and about 175 police.
Several of the “subtle” mini-vans full of cops.
People waiting outside the Ramsey County Jail waiting for their friends to be released. National Lawyers Guild representatives are wearing the green caps.
Mounted police close in after about a dozen people chanted: “We won’t falter, we won’t fail, let our comrades out of jail.”
Scores more police form up and start closing in on the people waiting outside the jail.
Some Minnesota National Guardsmen inside the jail fencing. They put on their helmets when the mounted police showed up.
The riot police are forming up behind us, preparing to force us off the street.
And some more riot-ready police.
This one says it all. A young man wearing a Notre Dame ballcap and a YMCA sweatshirt—in the background: dozens of police.