Saturday, March 24, 2007

Republican Police State (6:32 pm)

Jim Dwyer for the NY Times reports:

For at least a year before the 2004 Republican National Convention, teams of undercover New York City police officers traveled to cities across the country, Canada and Europe to conduct covert observations of people who planned to protest at the convention, according to police records and interviews.
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But potential troublemakers were hardly the only ones to end up in the files. In hundreds of reports stamped “N.Y.P.D. Secret,” the Intelligence Division chronicled the views and plans of people who had no apparent intention of breaking the law, the records show.

These included members of street theater companies, church groups and antiwar organizations, as well as environmentalists and people opposed to the death penalty, globalization and other government policies. Three New York City elected officials were cited in the reports.

In at least some cases, intelligence on what appeared to be lawful activity was shared with police departments in other cities. A police report on an organization of artists called Bands Against Bush noted that the group was planning concerts on Oct. 11, 2003, in New York, Washington, Seattle, San Francisco and Boston. Between musical sets, the report said, there would be political speeches and videos.

posted by Brian Zick

Reader Comments

Can’t shit these days can you?

posted by Lara Llewellyn on 3-25-07 at 11:14 AM

This is another story that won’t get MSM attention. It is terrifying how many stories there are about our civil liberties being trashed and burned with this administration, and the majority of Americans have no clue. The Corporate Media, should be abolished. The “elite”, as Bush calls them, are not patriotic Americans, they are greedy, power hungry, fascist, who should be convicted of lying to America for the last 6 years, along with their Emperor, George W Bush!!

posted by Rock on 3-25-07 at 11:43 AM

Mullah Cimoc say ameriki people republican party now waking and the fog remove of the brain.

How bush destroy usa too much. destroy mental and emotional of amriki people.

but usa media so control (google: mighty wurltizer +cia) never to asking how bush becoming president.

this called the media coverup. bush family long time so corruption with intel community. am him bush jr. real republican? who these eviling people making him the president?

This make the cure for republican freedom people making majority. love the god, and love the family and working so hard every day.

but controlling hims of republican not this kind good person. him the wicked and loving the power and the torturing people, children of god, this too wicked. hims also loving the LBT (low back tattoo) and the killing the baby of abortion and ameriki woman becoming the slut for taking all the man.

posted by Mullah Cimoc on 3-25-07 at 5:12 PM

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