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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 04:29 PM

    @rutherfordthebrave

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    "Anyone affiliated with that group should expect in a post-9/11 environment an excessively robust police response as a matter of fact that this is just the way our government now functions."

    Probably what the British said post-Boston Tea Party .....

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