Arrests are currently happening at 16th and Irving and also near Herald Square--especially 35th and 6th Avenue. This according to
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As the following story from Reuters shows, the number of protest-related arrests is mounting, now well over 700. Civil disobedience of almost any kind is meeting with police action. while there has been little violence from demonstrators, considerable force and provocation has been seen from the police side.
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Jenna reported that she and Melissa are in Herald Square where things may be heating up. All the intersections are barricaded and it seems that busloads of delegates will be driven through the square.
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Jello Biafra at Man/Women in Black Bloc. |
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Tupelo Grill 1 Penn Plaza Washington Square Church BB King's Dahesh Museum of Art Spirit New York |
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I just got an update from ChuckO, who learned this morning that the FBI was visiting activists in St. Louis on Friday.
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Some of the RRL's might be meeting up at these events: Monday, Aug. 30, 4 p.m., New York State Deputies Association (police union) protesting at a keynote event at Bryant Park Grill, 25 West 40th Street between 5th & 6th Avenues. More of their protests are
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The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has arranged legal help for credentialed press covering the convention. Attorneys from Levine, Sullivan, Koch & Schulz, LLP will be available via the 24-hour "Media Hotline" to offer cost-free legal advice and |
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I've been in contact with Jenna and Miguel. Jenna is at the Poor People's March. They are heading West on 23rd Street. Miguel is heading to St. Mark's Church. I'm currently monitoring noise studio so I'm hearing if there's any danger or the police are doing anything. |
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spoke to Jenna who is in the field at the Poor Peoples' March at the UN. As of 5:00 PM the rally was still going in preparation for the march. Police presence was quite apparent and they seemed ready to do their level best with several paddy wagons ready for the protesters. Jenna said that many of these porotesters were deaf and she wondeered how the authorities might deal with that issue. Just got another call from Jenna as I write this. She said things have heated up a bit. She and some fellow protesters were pushed onto the side walk away from the rally itself and that clearly the cops were waiting for the rally to hits the streets so they could start filling up their wagons. She asked me to check in with her around 6 to see what was up. Clearly she has no intention of being arrested but neither did our fellow radical librarian Matthew B. It's all up for grabs people.
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