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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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  • Saturday, August 30, 2008 11:03 AM

    Please, not "crackdown"

    Could some readers of the Minnesota Independent please write your paper and decry use of the word "crackdown" in their headline on this?

    http://www.minnesotaindependent.com/6158/breaking-food-not-bombs-house-among-saturday-raids

    "Crackdown" implies that lawbreaking has been tolerated up to now, but no longer. There's nothing against the law happening here.

    "Harassment" might be loaded the other way, to a newspaperman, but "Raid" is, I'd say, neutral enough.

    Use of "crackdown" though, says "protesters are criminals" by implication.

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