Protests

Greece is burning. Here's Indymedi.org on the happenings:

"On Saturday 6th of December at around 10pm, two Greek policemen were in patrol in a central street by Exarchia square, in the center of Athens. They had a verbal argument with some young people who were there. During the argument, one of the cops pulled his gun and shot a 16-year-old guy twice. The victim was moved to Evangelismos Hospital to be found dead. According to eye-witnesses, the cop had been swearing against the young man, showing his genitals, before shooting him.

In a spontaneous response, thousands of people gathered in the centers of most of Greek cities. In Athens, people gathered outside Evangelismos Hospital, in order to prevent the cops from entering the building. A little later the riot police attacked in a street in Exarchia resulting to one person being arrested. The evening in Athens evolved with a spontaneous assembly in the Polytechnic University, a lot of riots in the whole center of Athens [photos 1] [photos 2] including attacks against police departments and banks, until the early hours of the next morning. Meanwhile, a spontaneous demonstration took place, but it was confronted by the riot police with tear gas. Three more University building, the Economic, the Pantion and the Law School have been occupied."  read more »

From seizures of cameras and buses, to police raids of organizing groups, the appearance of the National Guard, to weird explosions, to two Democracy Now! producers being arrested, and now Amy Goodman arrested as well, chaos is breaking out in Minneapolis. Civil rights violations abound.

For coverage of the events check out theuptake.org (youtube version), democracynow.org, therealnews.com, and veracifier.com.

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During the Democratic Convention at Denver's Convention Center a large body of protestors meet up with heavy totolitarian resistence. From ANP:

A calm political protest quickly turned chaotic as anxious Denver police surrounded protestors peacefully marching toward the Democratic National Convention Center. After trapping the crowd between two buildings, hundreds of officers used pepper spray, batons and unwarranted aggression. After being surrounded for 20 minutes, two ANP producers managed to escape after recording the whole affair.  

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