Sheriff Anticipates Arresting Thousands During 2008 RNC
In a supplemental budget request, Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher is expected to ask for considerable funding to pay for security during the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul.
Fletcher, who narrowly won re-election in 2006, expects to arrest between 3,000 and 5,000 protesters during the GOP's presidential nominating convention in September 2008. According to a source close to the policy-making process in St. Paul, the unconfirmed amount of $4,432,804 includes more than $550,000 to possibly build a fenced outdoor detention facility for protesters.
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Don't blame the police
If the "protesters" conduct themselves like civilized human beings there should be nothing to worry about. The police are just looking at possibilities based on a proven track record from these nutbags.
Put blame where blame is due. Don't break the law and there should be nothing to worry about.
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Um, think again
I was literally just walking down the street in Manhattan and got swept up with everyone on my side of the street for two blocks during the RNC in 2006.
I was just trying to get to work. I was shoved, cuffed, sworn at, booked, printed and photographed. Now, I have a criminal record... to go along with my doctorate and the recently ruined Brooks Brothers suit.
In situations like these, the police don't want to think or care.
Oh, and BTW, I WAS a Republican.
Вот это я понимаю деловой подход - заранее загончик построят, наручников небось закупят, дубинок запасных...
