RNC St. Paul 2008 Police attack young girl without cause

I shot this the last night of the RNC 2008 in St. Paul. I caught this footage after a long standoff near the Capitol between police and protesters.

The police completely shut down the entire city- all bridges were closed and blocked by hundreds of police and snow plows. Police were indiscriminately arresting peaceful protesters and journalists. This clip was shot after the police had arrested all protest leadership (without cause, they did a quick "dive in" to the crowd).

When this footage was shot, the police had broken everyone up. Protesters were scattered throughout the Sears parking lot. Police and national guard were rolling around in bands. I started following a group of cops- I didn't know what else to do. Everyone was running scared. That is when I captured this video of them randomly targeting a 17 year old who was just trying to get away.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• activism
• protest
• police
• brutality
• RNC
• 2008
• riot

[scarletfires]

where you at these protests? the police ordered everyone to disperse west. from the capital, that is where we were- west. she was headed west. the police illegally arrested over 400 people and 60 journalists. because of the illegality of the police actions, all charges against journalists were dropped. this girl is a "young girl" she was is 17 and was trying to find her friends.

[Dukems08]

Let me get this straight, they chase her when she is trying to get out of their way, they thrown her down, and mace her, then yell at her to get back up and run again, just to throw her back down and mace her again. You cops are idiots.

[dontbro]

so fucken disgusting

feel like a big man handling a 60 kilo woman like that?

fucken pigs

[Hamburgan]

hahaha like a TOY!

[ohnoemynameistaken]

I am in for peaceful stuff but every time I see this shit just makes me want to smash their heads in and I will not feel sorry for them at all. I try to tell myself they're just as brainwashed as many of us civilians but this is just too much, the abuse and bullying is beyond comprehension, it seems to me they get satisfaction by being overpowering and abusive towards others. I can no longer say I will not go all Rambo on their asses if I witness abuse like this to a fellow protester. Fuck them.

[L903516]

and u talk about police are just doing there job BS im sick of this we need to fight back what if that was your kid think about it.

[dan32749]

America is in big fuckin trouble when these are the people in uniform that was fuckin stupid as hell those cops are fuckin morons what they don't have brains ohh thats right they are a bunch of mindless morons da da daaa they even look stupid as hell someday some one will be doing that to them and or their familys what morons im leaving america soon.

[SpiderShane1]

These fucks are why molotov cocktails were invented. I love seeing cops on fire.

[kiailol]

It would be so fun to knock one of those armored nazis silly

[MajorDestructo]

well you dont have to have a swastika on your arm to be a Nazi, these guys dont even realise it, thats the truly horrible part, they dont even realise.

[Totalreformer]

@divinemaster1

This are not only cops beating citizen's in isolated events. It is really emerging that a police state has been overthrowing the real government. That means the president has no power over it.

He can just stand there, play along or get a bullet in to his head.

We are in the same situation.

On a scene, playing along with the game with gun pointed at us.

Will we do something, or stand there watching it take away everything we ever fought for?

You decide, we decide. They dont.

[Totalreformer]

These are the real terrorists!

Look they are really harassing people for no cause.

Just fascism in its purest form.

And the pigs like it. And gets trained not to feel guilty.

A real macho culture full of steroids, hate, weapons & tactics. They have no limits, they are the law.

It's up to us, weather we take a stand, better equipped and ready or falls in their trap.

GET UP, STAND UP!!!

[MrSnSi]

fuck thes mode

he cant attack man he very sick