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Police attacking the left across Midwest
Right, legitimate political dissent won't be attacked you said. If you aren't doing anything illegal you have nothing to worry about, you claimed. As of this righting, plice have raided and shut down three leftist community centers in Chicag, Champaign-Urbana, and St. Louis in the last couple weeks.
From DemocracyNow!
In Chicago, the HotHouse, a cafe which has served Chicago for about a decade, was raided by police and shut down for not having the proper licenses (and Chicago's byzantine licensing system ensures that that the city can shut down any club they want to get rid of--as happened to the Chicago institution Lounge Ax several years ago). In Champaign-Urbana, an Indy Media center was raided and closed by the police.
More info when I get home.
Welcome to real McCarthyism.
From DemocracyNow!
The activist community in St. Louis is still reeling from a string of arrests and building raids that were carried out on Friday, prior to the opening of the Biodevastation7 conference and the World Agricultural Forum.
All told 27 people were arrested including a group of bikers who were arrested for riding without a bike license. Two buildings closely linked to the activist community were also raided. Police claimed they had reports that weapons were inside though no weapons charges have been filed. Police did confiscate items ranging from CD-Rom drives to building supplies to diaries to puppets.
At one of the buildings, named Bolozone 15 people were arrested for allegedly occupying a condemned building. The residents of the house said the building, which the city sold to the occupants last year, was only condemned on the morning of the raids.
Matt LeMieux, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri, said the St Louis police used housing inspections as a "trick" to get in without a warrant. The ACLU also accused the police of pre-emptively arresting activists prior to the protest.
All told 27 people were arrested including a group of bikers who were arrested for riding without a bike license. Two buildings closely linked to the activist community were also raided. Police claimed they had reports that weapons were inside though no weapons charges have been filed. Police did confiscate items ranging from CD-Rom drives to building supplies to diaries to puppets.
At one of the buildings, named Bolozone 15 people were arrested for allegedly occupying a condemned building. The residents of the house said the building, which the city sold to the occupants last year, was only condemned on the morning of the raids.
Matt LeMieux, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri, said the St Louis police used housing inspections as a "trick" to get in without a warrant. The ACLU also accused the police of pre-emptively arresting activists prior to the protest.
In Chicago, the HotHouse, a cafe which has served Chicago for about a decade, was raided by police and shut down for not having the proper licenses (and Chicago's byzantine licensing system ensures that that the city can shut down any club they want to get rid of--as happened to the Chicago institution Lounge Ax several years ago). In Champaign-Urbana, an Indy Media center was raided and closed by the police.
More info when I get home.
Welcome to real McCarthyism.
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