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Saturday, August 30, 2008 12:00 AM

Massive police raids on suspected protesters in Minneapolis

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

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  • Saturday, August 30, 2008 04:05 PM

    Look, this isn't really a black/white us/them conflict ... no one want some asshole timmy mcveigh wannabe causing mass casualties ...

    the cops (and FBI and homeland security etc.) have their job, their mission and part of that job is to not only protect the public, but also to protect the fine folks at Food not Bombs...

    I am NOT saying that these raids were or were not "justified" and, yes, in these times generally, and wrt security for elected officials and political conventions and what any unstopped incident would mean to one's VERY PERSONAL CAREER, be it judge or sheriff or cop, there likely has never been an easier time to get that "get-out-of-jail-free" that-guy-signed-off-on-this-raid warrant.

    If there were stinky jurisdictional tresspasses and transgressions... man .... what dorks... what idiots... what Rambos! Too stupid to live.

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