Rnc Protests

Where was the twittered outrage for #ourownbackyard?

Max Keiser | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics


Max Keiser

In the lead up to the US elections less than a year ago, protesters gathered at the party conventions. The police were waiting for them.

RNC Protester Pleads Guilty

AP | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics


MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - 1 of 2 Texas men accused of possessing Molotov cocktails during the Republican National Convention has pleaded guilty. The U.S. At...

Preemptive Strikes Against Protest at RNC

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics


Marjorie Cohn

The raids targeted members of Food Not Bombs, an anti-war group that provides free vegetarian meals every week and I-Witness Video, a media watchdog group that monitors the police to protect civil liberties.

Donna Brazile Hit By Pepper Spray At RNC

Washington Post | Holly Watt | Posted 10.02.2008 | Media


ST. PAUL -- Donna Brazile was hit by pepper spray as she walked to the Xcel Center at the start of the Republican Convention here. The well-known Dem...

RNC Protests Go On Despite Scaled-Back Event

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics


SEPT 3 -- Police Infiltrated Anti-RNC Group: An affidavit shows that informants were spying on the RNC Welcoming Committee. Almost a year to the day...