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Eight Members of RNC Activist Group Lodged with Terrorism Charges

Ramsey County prosecutors have formally charged eight members of a prominent activist group with conspiracy to riot in furtherance of terrorism. The eight members of the RNC Welcoming Committee are believed to be the first persons ever charged under the 2002 Minnesota version of the federal PATRIOT Act. The activists face up to seven-and-a-half years in prison. We speak with the father of one of those charged and the president of the Minnesota chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. [includes rush transcript]

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[dfthompson]

I didn't even realize before this that states had their own versions of the Patriot Act. What a fucking hellhole this country is becoming!

[mephigog]

When I first read Hunter S. Thompson's Kingdom of Fear, I thought he was a nut. This shit is scary.

[TheRealPDizzle]

Fuck the NWO! I'm NOT going to work for FEMA, and I'm not getting carted off to a FEMA camp in the middle of the night! I'll live as an outlaw if that's what it means; there's only so much tyranny people can take!

[venturafor2012]

welcome to 1933 Germany!!!

[cyberpsygen7]

so they infiltrate your peaceful protest group, trick a few members into agreeing violent action would be a good idea, then arrest you even though no violence was carried out.

classic new world order tactic, well guess what you globalist filth, you dont need to trick me into saying im for violent action against you bastards.

you bring all your brainwashed slaves as back up, and i will bring the all powerful god that created the universe.

we'll see whose proven right in the end.

[gangstalkingwatcher]

I wonder if that is going to happen in Switzerland too. I am an activist under political asylum status after ran away from the US being harassed by the NSA, FBI, DOD, etc. Currently, the police xenophobic informants are working on false claims against me and trying make me engage in criminal activities.

[lushlars]

thank you, welcoming cmte. the peaceful leaders are the ones who help make effective, visible, non-violent protest which is protected by the 1st amendment. take them out, and all you have is unorganized rage. not a smart move by the authorities.

[sariosto]

china

[callieland]

btw people, this case is a test balloon for whats planned for all of us. the message is simple, open your mouth publicly and you WILL be prosecuted! heck i dont even see any neocon trolls offering support for this tyranny. i hadnt imagined there existed a level of prosecutorial fascism that neocons wouldnt defend. must be a new low....to be followed by an unending procession of new lows as more and more journalists are charged under these FASCIST laws. remember people..'the tree of liberty ....

[rapesickal]

Executive order H.R. 1955 is to blame for all of this. It defines what a "homegrown terrorist" take a look at it, look it up here on gootube and you'll see where they are allowed to do this. Pure facistism!

[callieland]

"conspiracy to riot"? are you freakin kidding me? so let me get this straight. if i travel somewhere to protest something, i risk being thrown in prison for 7 years depending on how big a hard-on the prosecutor has for my particular group?

[Kloxboy]

Lame. When corrupt institutions have too much power, this is what happens. Makes me want to puke.