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Text: Few fireworks at RNC 8 hearing
Defense, prosecution debate process; ‘conspiracy to riot’ trial begins Oct. 25


Text: RNC 8 hearing packs courtroom


Text: Choi, Fletcher lead fundraising in Ramsey County races


Text: Laura Goodman joins race for Ramsey County sheriff
St. Kate's chief will seek DFL backing


Text: What will 2010 bring to Minnesota?
Pioneer Press reporters share their predictions


Text: Response to “Police anarchists”
Daily Editorial Board misses key points in RNC protest debate


Text: The RNC 8: Defending the Right to Dissent


Text: Police anarchists
RNC lawsuit marks a chance for citizens to check constitutional violations


Text: Looking back at GOP convention: Police kicked into 'disruption mode'


Video & Audio: Protesters File Lawsuits One Year After RNC


Text: Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner reflects, a year after the RNC


Text: Assessing RNC police tactics: missteps, poor judgments and inappropriate detentions


"Must See" Items: Thanks for the memories: A year after the RNC


Text: One year later, RNC protester cases still pending


Text: RNC Protest Cases Linger In Courts


Text: Strike Force: Agencies will get cops' IDs
Those implicated are said to be from the Minneapolis and St. Paul police departments and the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office


Text: The RNC 8: Anarchists, or just naive idealists?


Text: RNC Eight still waiting for trial, almost a year later


Text: Finney not running for sheriff, former campaign manager says


Text: Meet Bob Fletcher: Ramsey County's most controversial cop
Ramsey County Sherrif fends off charges of cronyism


Coming/Archived Events: Bob Fletcher Fundrasier: Celebrating Corruption and Brutality


Text: FBI will probe Gang Strike Force
Feds called in after unit members shredded documents following critical report's release


Text: Public Safety Commissioner orders FBI investigation into Gang Strike Force


Text: Sheriff tried to dissuade Gang Strike Force audit
Bob Fletcher says he changed his mind after cash and vehicles could not be found


Text: Jockeying for U.S. marshal of Minnesota begins


Text: Undercover 'protester' honored by state's police women


Text: Terrorism charges against RNC 8 are dropped
The defendants still face other felony charges, and the county attorney denied that politics played a role in her decision


Text: Politics cloud decision to drop terrorism charges against RNC Eight


Text: Terrorism charges against RNC protesters to be dropped
But suspected anarchist leaders still face GOP convention conspiracy trial


Video & Audio: Discussion on KFAI about RNC Policing


Text: Meet the RNC Eight: Are they terrorists?


Text: Today I confronted a DA who is trying to prosecute protesters as terrorists


Text: Saturday's Police response to "Tour de Fletcher"


Video & Audio: RNC 8 Supporters Mobilize as Police Continue Intimidation


Text: COALITION: COP HARASSMENT, SPYING MUST STOP!
Groups Vow to Continue Defending the RNC 8 Despite Intimidation Attempts


Text: Criminal intelligence bill runs into stiff opposition at Capitol


Text: Bill that limits police duties to licensed officers a response to actions by Ramsey County sheriff's friend
Actions by friend of Sheriff Fletcher spur legislation


Text: Seven RNC lawsuits filed against police


Text: Lawyers handling 'RNC 8' swap accusations of trying case in the press
Sides accuse each of trying it in press


Text: Anarchist sues Ramsey County


Text: Judge scolds, sentences two Ramsey County sheriff's staffers in corruption case
2 sheriff's staffers scolded, sentenced in corruption case


Text: Former Ramsey County sheriff's employees sentenced in FBI sting
Note: The two sentenced to over 5 years in jail were Sheriff Bob Fletcher's best man and spokesman


Photographs: We're Still Crashing Their Parties!
Twin Cities activists attend swearing-in ceremony of new Ramsey County Deputies


Text: Ramsey Co. Sheriff swears in new deputies


Text: Northland grad faces terrorism charges in connection with RNC


Text: Charged protesters and notable allies talk RNC, charges


Text: Defense: Convicted Ramsey County sheriff's former staffers should get probation'
Close friends of Sheriff Bob Fletcher to be sentenced for stealing drug money in FBI sting


RNC Commission Archive: Initial Reactions to the Heffelfinger-Luger RNC Commission Report


Text: RNC left big divot in Ramsey County sheriff's funding


Text: Sheriff Fletcher busted budget with pre-RNC probe


Text: Fletcher went over budget in pre-convention probe


Text: Judge to RNC8: See you next year


Text: Gaertner, Fletcher get raises
From the East Metro section


Text: Fletcher, Gaertner seek 3% pay raises


Video & Audio: Pouring Over Video, Photos To Prosecute Protesters


Text: Waiting for Answers as Fletcher Keeps Pounding his Desk


Text: 'Anarchist' looked like someone's mom
A deputy sheriff and two others infiltrated the RNC Welcoming Committee before GOP convention


Text: Sheriff isn't giving up on search for violent protesters


RNC Commission Archive: Letter to Andrew Luger


RNC Commission Archive: Submission to the RNC Public Review Safety Commission


Text: Sheriff Fletcher stands by actions during RNC


Text: Top cops differ over whether too few 'soft-uniformed' officers were on hand for Republican National Convention
Too few 'soft-uniformed' officers gave wrong impression, Fletcher says


Text: FOX 9 Counters Fletcher’s hype: "town would have been destroyed"


Text: Citizens Expose Perpetrators, Help Victims of RNC Police Violence
Broad coalition demands response to documented incidents and calls for public support


Text: Sheriff, police department clashed over RNC security


Coming/Archived Events: ADVISORY: Citizens call Capitol Press Conference to expose RNC violence & help victims


Text: CRASS press conference looks for RNC victims in St. Paul


Text: Statement for 11/13/2008 Community RNC Arrestee Support Structure Press Conference


Text: Now St. Paul, protesters scuffle over video
Activists say the city-owned surveillance video shows police brutality, but the city says it's not ready to release it


Text: CRASS seeks to identify 'violent' RNC police officers
Effort is to aid people arrested


Video & Audio: Audio Tapes Reveal How Police Lost Control During RNC


Photographs: Community RNC Arrestee Support Structure (CRASS) Press Conference at the State Capitol


Text: RNC protest supporters seek people 'victimized' by police


RNC Commission Archive: Letter to RNC Review Public Safety Commission


Text: Eight RNC protesters accused of 'furthering terrorism' thanks to statute
Officials say the RNC 8 plotted to sabotage Xcel, kidnap delegates


Text: RNC Commission hears public testimony


Video & Audio: Joint criminal investigative effort to identify victims of assaults


Video & Audio: Police work to solve crimes committed during RNC


Text: Police seek to find RNC protest victims, release photos and video


Text: Residents share experiences at RNC


Text: Defining Terrorism Down: A New Film Cautions Us Not To Put The Republican National Convention Behind Us


Text: "Becoming Riot" zine
RNC black bloc protest narrative


Text: RNC terrorists? Or just young people speaking their minds?
Three activists nabbed in pre-convention raid deny any plans for violence


Video & Audio: Special message for the October 16th St. Paul RNC Arrestees Benefit
Submedia.TV's host The Stimulator gets agitated at the po-po


Text: Guns and bombs and things that go boom in the night


Text: Letters to the editor for Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008


Text: Letters to the editor for Monday, Sept. 29


Text: RNC anarchists had friends in 'peaceful' protest groups


Text: Unconventional evening: RNC review


Video & Audio: St. Paul city council meets with public about RNC


Text: Open letter to St. Paul Council Member Dave Thune


Video & Audio: First "Community Conversation about the RNC"


Maps & Graphics: Map: RNC Day 1 hot spots


Text: Long after the tear gas clears, these questions should linger


Text: Editorial: First they came for the anarchists...


Text: Sheriff Fletcher defends his department against jail complaints


Text: Trickle Down Preemption
Baghdad on the Mississippi


Video & Audio: Embedded with the St. Paul Police


Text: Dozens of journalists arrested while covering RNC


Links: Local Government and Police Forces


Text: ACLU Sues St. Paul and Minneapolis For Release Of Educational Materials Seized During Raids
Literature And Pamphlets Are Protected By The First Amendment


Text: Police deny using excessive force against RNC protesters


Text: Media Arrested With Protesters on RNC's Final Night
2 MyFox Journalists Detained, 1 Arrested


Text: MyFOXDFW Correspondent Detained during RNC Protest


Text: Man says police beat, tortured him in jail
St. Paul 19-year-old self-described anarchist says he wasn't protesting.


Video & Audio: Bridges closed for no apparent reason


Text: 400 Protesters Arrested Thursday, RNC Total Hits 800


Text: Sheriff reports 8 RNC-related arrests today


Text: Commentary: Surreal St. Paul: Mix of celebrations and protests around the GOP's big party


Text: RNC protests turn violent; hundreds arrested


Video & Audio: Protester violence


The CCTV Saga: Day 1 CCTV Footage: Black Bloc Smashing of First National Bank Windows
Camera: Minnesota & 4th (2627)


Video & Audio: Protesters block traffic on Robert St. Bridge


Video & Audio: Total protesters arrested


Text: Judge Rules Six Arrested Anarchists to Remain Jailed


Video & Audio: 6th RNC protester arrested in St. Paul


Text: Police conduct raids in preparation for RNC


Text: Police raid RNC protest sites in Twin Cities


Text: Criminal Anarchists Arrested And Equipment Seized During Search Warrants Throughout Minneapolis And St. Paul


Video & Audio: Authorities raid anarchist group location in St. Paul


Text: National Lawyers Guild Condemns Fabrications of Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher and Preventative Detention Arrests


Text: May 5: Sheriff Bob Fletcher: Fighting for his future


Text: GOP convention: Hundreds of arrests predicted; everyone's ready
The number is based on arrests made during previous political conventions, but officials in the Twin Cities say they hope things will be different here


Video & Audio: Officials at odds about number of officers during RNC


Text: Letter from Sheriff Bob Fletcher to Assistance Chief Matt Bostrom


Text: Ramsey County Sheriff's race features two veteran campaigners




 

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Key People
BOSTROM, Matt (Assistant Police Chief of St. Paul), CHOI, John (St. Paul City Attorney), COLEMAN, Christopher B. (St. Paul Mayor), DARBY, Brandon (A.K.A. "CHS 1", paid informant who infiltrated Austin protesters), DARST, Andrew (A.K.A. "Panda", "CRI 2", paid informant who infiltrated RNC Welcoming Committee), DEPALMA, Matthew (Michigan Molotov Case), DOLAN, Tim (Minneapolis Police Chief), FLETCHER, Bob (Ramsey County Sheriff), GAERTNER, Susan (Ramsey County Attorney), GOODMAN, Amy (Democracy Now, arrested Sept 1st), GROSS, Michelle (Communities United Against Police Brutality), HARRINGTON, John (St. Paul Police Chief), HEFFELFINGER, Tom (Former U.S. Attorney) and LUGER, Andy (former Assistant U.S. Attorney), HUGHES, Elliot (alleged torture under Ramsey County Sheriff's care), JOHNSON, Jason (Tased in Mears Park on Day 2), KELLY, Mick (Banner carrier shot with projectile at point blank on Day 4/Arrested for distributing leaflets about RNC march at Obama rally), LANE, Leah (abusive arrest on Day 4 captured on CNN and Fox 9), LUBINSKI, Sharon (Assistant Police Chief of Minneapolis), MAHONEY, Dave (Accused of dropping sandbag onto I-94 freeway on Day 1), MULHOLLAND, Ann (St. Paul Deputy Mayor), NESTOR, Bruce (President of National Lawyers Guild, Minnesota Chapter), PAWLENTY, Tim (Governor of Minnesota), ROWLEY, Coleen (retired FBI 9/11 whistle-blower and peace activist), "RNC 8" Arrestees (Monica BICKING, Robert CZERNIK, Garrett FITZGERALD, Luce Guillen GIVINS, Erik OSELAND, Nathanael SECOR, Max SPECTOR, and Eryn TRIMMER), RYBACK, R.T. (Minneapolis Mayor), SMITH, Keith (17-year-old protester allegedly beaten by police on Day 1), SUNDIN, Jess (March on the RNC organizer, Anti-War Committee), "TEXAS TWO" Arrestees (Bradley Neal CROWDER and David MCKAY), THUNE, Dave (Ward 2 Council Member for St. Paul)


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