AlbinoCobra Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cunt sauce Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 26, 2011 Activists Get $50,000 for FBI & St. Paul Police Raid Prior to 2008 Republican Convention Preemptive, politically motivated raids are emblematic of police tactics used to suppress dissent St. Paul, MN -- Three activists and their attorneys won a $50,000 settlement today in a lawsuit that challenged an August 30, 2008 police raid on a St. Paul home in advance of that year's Republican National Convention (RNC). The plaintiffs in the case -- Sarah Coffey, Erin Stalnaker and Kris Hermes -- are giving most of the award to the Committee to Stop FBI Repression, the Institute for Anarchist Studies, and the formation of a national legal defense fund for political activists. The St. Paul house raid was one of several police actions taken against protesters days before the RNC began, including the search and seizure of a central political meeting space, which is also the subject of pending litigation. "The City of St. Paul and the federal government were forced to pay for their politically-motivated attack on organizers," said Sarah Coffey, one of the plaintiffs. "Rather than spend years in court fighting the government over its political surveillance program, we decided to use settlement money to invest in projects that oppose such repressive tactics." The lawsuit, which was filed in August 2009 and accused the St. Paul Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of violating plaintiffs' First, Fourth and Fourteenth amendment rights, is so far the largest settlement of its kind stemming from the convention protests. "We hope this sends a message to law enforcement officials who would enter homes illegally or suppress political dissent," said Coffey, "there is a cost to their actions." The raid garnered significant media attention at the time due to an hours-long standoff between 10 activists and residents and a heavily armed police force that had surrounded the duplex. Because the police attempted to raid the home without a search warrant, those inside refused them entry. After allegedly getting verbal authority from a local judge, the police used force to enter 949 Iglehart Avenue and detained everyone inside. The owner, several tenants and activists, including members of the I-Witness Video collective were detained for hours. No illegal items were found, no one was arrested and nothing was visibly seized, although computers and camera equipment were searched. The search warrant affidavit, which was under seal until a month after the raid in a likely attempt to avoid media scrutiny, relied solely on a confidential informant who made the claim that weapons were being shipped to 951 Iglehart using the U.S. Postal Service. In a sensationalist move, the police also tried to tie property owner Michael Whalen to a defunct 1970s political group, the Symbionese Liberation Army, in order to bolster the warrant's outrageous claim of arms shipments. However, once inside 951 Iglehart, police discovered that the boxes contained only vegan literature. Unsatisfied, police broke through a locked attic door to enter the neighboring but separate 949 Iglehart, which plaintiffs claimed was the operation's true objective. St. Paul Police Officer David Langfellow was in charge of the operation as a cross-deputized FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) agent. Langfellow testified during a deposition that although the FBI had been surveilling the duplex for more than a week before the convention, the investigation was not targeting Whalen, the main subject of the search warrant affidavit. Langfellow either was not told or refused to reveal details about the underlying investigation, which plaintiffs speculate had nothing to do with the shipment of boxes. Plaintiffs' attorneys also contributed a portion of the award to the Impact Fund, which provides money to small law firms and nonprofits for lawsuits involving issues of civil rights, environmental justice, and poverty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wholeman Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 good riddance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordfish meatloaf Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorditahead Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samisnow Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Fuckin right they get 50,000, should be 500,000. Each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatetown Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 Yen, Much, Kuma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallybiggs Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 wow...seein those old flicks, really makes you think about how much graff has changed, compared to the new "wave" graff....for better or worst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpls7 Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallybiggs Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 ^^^^hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBlanks Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 What a little rat, god damn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artfinder12 Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Yo TC!!! Where the grime at? Errthang back home is amazing! The art is sick! The chill spots, that we don't have here in STL, lockdown! But where are the stickers, extinguishers, grime, throwie blasts and just destruction!!? Take back the streets! Shit, Viper rocked Hennepin in one night more than all y'all in months! That was 2004! You are why I took pics! Get grimey! Plus, The scene here (in STL) is so wack, but it's dirty, bomb filled and sketch. No art, just names everywhere. Clean up my hometown by making it dirty! Chill piece spots? Kill boys!! Can't wait to come back this August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathFromAbove Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE STREETS SPOTS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViviOrunitia Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 oh mygosh you guys get me so hyped up oh my goshness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Despise_You Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 artfinder, here you go. recent minneapolis grime: too bad the buffs strong now..but some spots hang on for more than 12 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronbombs Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 ya buff is strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6:1251 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 It s all fly in the cities Purge Payup Despise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstripe Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 MUCH RIME RIVER!!! Those things caught me off guard as I was heading out of town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artfinder12 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 12 hour lifespan? Damn man. I haven't been up since March 2010, so I haven't really seen that, just all the killer work being done at all the spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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doc strange Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 nice couple there mr unicraven. well did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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