Rising Hegemon
Their crime was committing acts of journalism, which is obviously dangerous within a city block of a gathering of the GOP. Here's the lovely video to remember it by: Well in the name of such dangerous First Amendment practitioners, the law enforcement of the Twin Cities of Minnesota and the Secret Service has to pay out a six-figure settlement.
The settlement includes $100,000 in compensation paid by the St. Paul and Minneapolis police departments and the Secret Service. The settlement also includes an agreement by the St. Paul police department to implement a training program aimed at educating officers regarding the First Amendment rights of the press and public with respect to police operations, including proper procedures for dealing with the press covering demonstrations.Meanwhile the Tea Partiers when not being feted by the cable networks are still demanding justice, or at least a sandwich for Kenny Gladney.
[cross-posted at Firedoglake]
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Note that there was no admission of liability on the part of any of the defendants, including the Secret Service. Herding protesters and journalists into “free speech pens” blocks away from conventions will continue.
And the RNC will steal somebody’s song on August 30 of next year as ROMney rev. 2.012 accepts the nomination of his party.
No justice? No peas.
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