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Massive police raids on suspected protesters in Minneapolis

Several "hippie homes" are raided this morning by semi-automatic-weapon-wielding police squads.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Sunday, August 31, 2008 09:25 AM

    As I've said before

    That's the truth folks. It really doesn't take anything at all for them to justify pulling a trigger.

    -- Pedinska

    This was actually pretty common up until the 60s. You can track the beginning of the expansion of these rights and protections from Weeks in 1914 up until Mapp in 61, and then the Republicans kept the WH, except for Carter, and got to stock the court with their judges who tend to think these "due process" concerns are too soft on crime. Here we are.

    —L.W.M. Read L.W.M.'s other letters

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