Amy Goodman Violently Arrested Today at RNC stumble digg reddit del.ico.us news trust mixx.com Posted September 1, 2008 | 09:11 PM (EST) Read More: Amy Good, Republican Convention, Media News Show your support. Buzz this article up. Buzz up! * Share * Print View * Comments Like this story? Get Alerts of big news events. Enter your email address Story from Democracy Now site: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE www.democracynow.org September 1, 2008 Contact: Dennis Moynihan Mike Burke ST. PAUL, MN--Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her. Video of her arrest can be seen here: [video=youtube;oYjyvkR0bGQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ[/video] Goodman was arrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now! producers who were being unlawfuly detained. They are Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. Kouddous and Salazar were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the Republican National Convention. Goodman's crime appears to have been defending her colleagues and the freedom of the press. Story continues below advertisement Ramsey County Sherrif Bob Fletcher told Democracy Now! that Kouddous and Salazar were being arrested on suspicion of rioting. They are currently being held at the Ramsey County jail in St. Paul. Democracy Now! is calling on all journalists and concerned citizens to call the office of Mayor Chris Coleman and the Ramsey County Jail and demand the immediate release of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar. These calls can be directed to: Chris Rider from Mayor Coleman's office at 651-266-8535 and the Ramsey County Jail at 651-266-9350 (press extension 0). Democracy Now! stands by Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar and condemns this action by Twin Cities law enforcement as a clear violation of the freedom of the press and the First Amenmdent rights of these journalists. During the demonstration in which they were arrested law enforcement officers used pepper spray, rubber bullets, concussion grenades and excessive force. Several dozen others were also arrested during this action. Amy Goodman is one of the most well-known and well-respected journalists in the United States. She has received journalism's top honors for her reporting and has a distinguished reputation of bravery and courage. The arrest of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar is a transparent attempt to intimidate journalists from the nation's leading independent news outlet. Democracy Now! is a nationally-syndicated public TV and radio program that airs on over 700 radio and TV stations across the US and the globe. THIS IS FROM ALLISON KILKENNY'S UPDATE: Goodman was arrested along with Democracy Now producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. As of 9:15 PM EST, the Ramsey County jail has charged Goodman with "conspiracy to riot" and released her, but is still detaining Kouddous and Salazar. No charges have been pressed against them. Laurie, the phone operator at the County Jail says she "hopes charges will be presented within the hour." As of right now, Kouddous and Salazar are being held without charges. 9:50 PM EST: Kouddous and Salazar are still being held without charges. Laurie, the operator, now expects a few hours to expire before they are officially charged with a crime. She claims the slow process is due to an unusually high number of arrests coupled with many detainees using pseudonyms. More than 100 people were arrested along with Goodman and her producers. Early reports indicate Kouddous and Salazar were originally arrested on suspicion of rioting . Mayor Chris Coleman can be contacted at: 651-266-8510 or e-mailed at: https://mn-stpaul.civicplus.com/forms.asp?FID=69 Governor Tim Pawlenty can be reached at: (651) 296-3391 or e-mailed at tim.pawlenty@state.mn.us Ramsey County Jail: 651-266-9350 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-dantoni/amy-goodman-violently-arr_b_123062.html
Re: Liberal journalist violently arrested at RNC That is very illegal And as for violently arresting her? That's bullshit liberal spin. He kept her outside the barricade and when she persisted he grabbed her on the arm. It was only "violent" because she was resisting!!! EDIT: I still love you Real
Wow, what a crock. If I had done the exact same thing I would of been put to the ground in a MUCH more violent fashion than that lady. He told her to step away, she didn't, she got arrested. Not much violent about it and furthermore not a damn thing illegal about it. And to be honest, she didn't look much like a journalist in that video.
Absolutely ridiculous. It kind of ruins your purpose and credibility if you get arrested while attempting to free people who were unlawfully detained. I agree the video shows no violence. This reminds me of the Florida student who was tased after acting like an asshole at Kerry speech. It's funny how people will do these things and then act surprised when the consequences come. Although in that student's case I do feel there were certain unecessary things about that situation.
So have the police been called Nazis yet? Have they been called the gestapo of the RNC? Because clearly that was the point of this video which should be renamed how to attempt to be a political martyr
This woman was on C-SPAN a couple of times yesterday and early this morning. She's a lunatic and she made it clear she was looking for trouble.
