Wide Spread Multi-agency Raids Continue in St. Paul

IMC-US, 30.08.2008

ST. PAUL, MN – Multi-agency raids on activist’s homes and gathering places continued this morning with more raids at a number of locations around the city. There are reports of scores of arrests this today. 4 of the arrestees are being held without bail on charges of conspiracy. Food Not Bombs members had their home raided and items seized. They were detained and released, no arrests. Reports are still coming in of raids and arrests at other sites are still ongoing throughout the city.

The raids are thought to be part of a pre-convention crack down on the free speech of political dissenters and the planned protests against the Republicans and the president this week.

Photo from TC-IMC Exclusive: Copy of Search Warrants

More from the Newswire:
- More police raids on Saturday morning - same warrants used as last night
- Statement from I-Witness Video on Raids in St Paul at LA-IMC
- Raids Unfolding Across the City
- Journalist detainments: Indymedia, Democracy Now
- Anti-RNC Activists Respond to Police Raids
- Welcome to Minnesota: Out of town activists pulled over by police at gunpoint
- Activists in Hiding: RNC Welcoming Committee Organizers Seek Sanctuary From Illegal Arrests