As unlawful arrests continue, St. Paul feels like a city under siege for residents

[The Sushi Bandit]

http://current.com/items/89264662_as_unlawful_arrests_continue_st_paul_feels_like_a_city_under_siege_for_some_residents

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At around 9:45 that morning, John, 20, was walking home from the bank a few blocks away when he spotted what he thought was a police riot club -- a ubiquitous weapon on the streets here. "It was right off of West 7th Street in, like, a planter; I checked it out but it ended up being a broomstick." He put it down and kept walking, when suddenly he was surrounded by police officers -- "three squad for sure, maybe four" -- one of whom was a woman. "She was like, 'Get on your stomach or I'm gonna tase you!'" He asked them what he had done, but they wouldn't say. Instead, they asked him leading questions about other people they'd just arrested. "They said, 'so, who was in the white van you were associated with?" "I was like, white van? I don't know what you're talking about."

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1. For the complete story:

http://www.alternet.org/rights/97306/as_unlawful_arrests_continue,_st._paul_feels_like_a_city_under_siege_for_some_residents_/


This is just awful. St. Paul is a beautiful city with nice people. I lived in MN for 15 years and loved to go to St. Paul. What a shame. I hope after the dreadful rnc convention is over these stories are plastered all over teevee....esp. KO!