RNC Raids Have Been Targeting Video Activists (alternet.org)
The weekend before the start of the Republican National Convention, Ramsey County Sheriffs and St. Paul police conducted pre-emptive raids against a video journalist group, I-Witness, whose documentation of police misconduct during the 2004 Republican National Convention were instrumental in overturning criminal charges against protesters there. Police also conducted several other raids, apparently in coordination with the FBI, and made pre-emptive arrests of people planning to protest at the RNC.
More: www.alternet.org/rights/97110/rnc_raids_have_been_targeting_video_activi…
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