protesters and police continue to clash at RNC - now starring Rage Against The Machine

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4,000 Protesters Try to Break Down RNC Fence After Rage Against the Machine Concert
Rage Against the Machine plays impromptu concert outside Capitol
Last Edited: Tuesday, 02 Sep 2008, 9:10 PM CDT
Created: Tuesday, 02 Sep 2008, 7:42 PM CDT

Protester at Impromptu 'Rage' Concert RNC Protests

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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A group of about 4,000 protesters are trying to break down the security fences at 5th and 7th, near the northwest entrance to the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

The protesters marched toward the RNC from the State Capitol after an impromptu Rage Against the Machine concert.

Arrests stats

At least 10 people were arrested Tuesday. Added to the 284 arrests Monday, the number of RNc protest arrests is nearing 300.

Homemade bombs explode

Near Mickey's Diner, protesters exploded three homemade bombs near police. officers responded with tear gas and smoke bombs.


Rage concert through megaphone

St. Paul police shut down the concert, which didn't stop band members Zack de la Rocha and Tom Morello from shouting lyrics to songs like “Bulls on Parade” through a megaphone.


Raw Cell Phone Video: Protest outside RNC security perimeter


Rage Against The Machine played a free show on the State Capitol lawn as part of the Ripple Effect music festival.

Protesters are also spilling over into Cedar Avenue and 10th.

Protester scales fence along perimeter

Around 7:50 p.m. police reported a protester had climbed over the fenced perimeter around the Xcel Energy Center.


Protests began Tuesday with about 2,000 in the Poor People’s march in St. Paul, blocks from the Republican National Convention.


Protesting an arrest

Police tried to arrest the first protester before a surge of others moved in, protesting the arrest.

Police were concerned because about 30 anarchists latched onto the march, organized by the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign


'Don't take over our parade'

“Don’t take over our parade,” an organizer told anarchists. “We have a point here about poor people in America."

The original plan

The rally started at Mears Park, about nine blocks away from the RNC, before a planned march to the Xcel Energy Center where they planned to serve Republicans with a "citizens' arrest."

It's so crazy.

crazy crazy crazy.

why is anarchist the word of the week?

oops.

I meant to post this in P&R.

moved.

horatio said:

The fools that turn to violence do nothing to forward any agenda.

There is plenty to protest in MPLS this week, and there is no doubt there are righteous causes to "rage" against, but seriously, what does breaking Macy's windows to to right the wrong done to those that were unfairly raided this weekend?

We can only hope they burned all the 3121 after breaking into Macy's.

Mars23 said:

Mars23 said:

Anxiety said:

Anxiety said:

Anxiety said:

horatio said:

why is anarchist the word of the week?

anarchists are the new terrorists, didn't you hear?

horatio said:

Anxiety said:

anarchists are the new terrorists, didn't you hear?

reliving the 1800's is the latest trend?

This kind of shit makes me puke. I'm just as unwilling to see McCain elected in November, but why do people have to stop using common sense. The same shit happened in 2003, in SF, with an anti-war protest. It was planned to go do down a certain street, but some without any agenda but disruption somehow managed to change the direction of the protest, to go down Market St., and when the police stepped in, a stand-off of several hours began, and Market St., between 8th and 9th St. was blocked off, the police on one end of the street, the protestors on the other. I know this because I was inside the Ramada Hotel when it happened, attending IBR (Int'l. Bear Rendezvous). We were stuck inside the hotel, and could not leave for about an hour. Then when we could leave, I was barked at by a police officer that I couldn't walk through the streets, so the only way I had to go back to my hotel was underground, by way of MUNI.

But BECAUSE SOME FUCKIN' STOOPID IDIOTS have the same kind of mentality as the people who sat on the top of the porto-potties during SF Gay Pride this year, even though signs posted specifically told them not to, the rest of us have to pay. BECAUSE SOME FUCKIN' STOOPID IDIOTS want to rebel just cuz to show off the cool new anarchy shirt they just got, or they want to march because they just got cute new shoes, now the rest of us have to pay. Why do our protest marches get infiltrated with people who want to rebel just for rebellion sake?

AND THAT'S JUST HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT! If I end up being more afraid of the protestors that come, than the people committing the action that is being protested, then how can I tell which is the friend and which is the foe?

'Don't take over our parade'

“Don’t take over our parade,” an organizer told anarchists. “We have a point here about poor people in America."

The original plan

The rally started at Mears Park, about nine blocks away from the RNC, before a planned march to the Xcel Energy Center where they planned to serve Republicans with a "citizens' arrest."[/quote]

Mars23 said:

Anxiety said:

Measure in Love
"May the voice of the child in you never stop speaking. May it fall like a gift from heaven, offering to dessicated words its splendorous burst of laugher, the salt of its tears, its all powerful wildness." Maurice Blanchot

Mars23 said:

you know, back in the old days my pal tony took me in through the basement of the old orpheum theater nea the old coney island bar and grill and showed me around the underground st. paul tunnel/cave tour. an entire tunnel city exists underneath st. paul. it's left over from the old days. i'm sure the police already know this, from the 1920s bootlegging/mafia era, and they've likely blocked the tunnels off so the Xcel center cannot be accessed, right? you'd think?