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 There are 951 documents on this website... See anything missing? Check out our progress log. Video & Audio: Multi-perspective video of the arrest of Elliot Hughes The incident involving the arrest of Elliot Hughes on Sibley between 5th and 6th, a little after 1:30pm on Sept 1st. Editing: Tom. [Read more] Text: Rowley, Napolitano: Recent murders don’t vindicate DHS extremists report Former FBI agent says overly broad focus hinders ability to spot 'the true terrorist' Recent murders associated with right-wing extremists have put the words “domestic terrorist” back into the American consciousness. In the last month, an anti-abortion activist gunned down Dr. George Tiller in Kansas, a white supremacist shot and killed a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and a pair of anti-immigrant activists were arrested for the murder of Raul Flores and his daughter Brisenia in Arizona. [Read more] Text: Man charged with assaulting officer with bike at RNC A self-described anarchist who claimed he was beaten in the Ramsey County jail after being arrested at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul has finally been charged for the alleged offenses that put him there. A criminal complaint filed Thursday in Ramsey County District Court alleges that Elliot Hughes, 20, slammed into a bike cop with his bicycle and then lowered his shoulder into a second officer during the convention's raucous first day. [Read more] Text: Towards a Collective Security Culture For as long as anyone can remember, the FBI has infiltrated radical communities in hopes of framing people on criminal charges. This has intensified in anarchist circles over the past few years. A handful of unfortunates now languish in prison, serving up to decades for actions they never carried out and probably would never have even considered were it not for the efforts of agents provocateurs. How does the government choose who to target? What factors put people at risk? Most importantly, what can we do to protect ourselves and each other? [Read more] Text: Citizen journalists play critical role in Iran With the mainstream media banned from Iran, coverage of the protests is now left to the protesters. For Jason Barnett, founder and executive director of "The Uptake," it's an amazing site. "Having that ability to express what's happening on the streets of your own city in your own country is really important," he says. "I don't think the world would know what's going on if it wasn't for them." "The Uptake" is a Minnesota-based organization that trains citizen journalists to tell stories using video. Barnett says his organization had about 100 people covering last year's Republican National Convention, with an emphasis on the riots. [Read more] Text: New HBO documentary spotlights First Amendment Hundreds of First Amendment supporters gathered at the Newseum June 18 to watch an upcoming HBO documentary, “Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech,” by Oscar nominee and filmmaker Liz Garbus. The film, to debut June 29, includes testimonies from people who were fired from government jobs, suspended from school or arrested while exercising their First Amendment rights to protest at the 2004 Republican National Convention. [Read more] Text: Pentagon Exam Calls Protests 'Low-Level Terrorism,' Angering Activists A written exam administered by the Pentagon labels "protests" as a form of “low-level terrorism” — enraging civil liberties advocates and activist groups who say it shows blatant disregard of the First Amendment. [Read more] Text: RNC Protester Pleads Guilty To Smashed Window A 24-year-old Fridley man has pleaded guilty to his role in breaking a bank building window during the Republican National Convention. Jason Allan Sparks made the plea to aiding and abetting first-degree criminal damage to property on Monday and faces up to 60 days in jail. He will also have to pay restitution. Sparks admitted in court that he pushed the window at First National Bank after someone else had partially broken it. [Read more] Text: RNC protester's guilty plea a long affair After almost three hours of negotiations, a Republican National Convention protester reluctantly pleaded guilty Monday to aiding and abetting first-degree criminal damage to property in the breaking of a First National Bank building window Sept. 1. Jason Allan Sparks, 24, of Fridley, was scheduled to go to trial in the case Monday in Ramsey County District Court. Instead, the prosecution notified him and his attorney, Ted Dooley, that they would add a charge if the case went forward. [Read more] Text: Man pleads guilty in RNC glass-breaking case Jason A. Sparks, who found himself in the news after he was photographed smashing a large plate-glass window in downtown St. Paul during the Republican National Convention, entered a guilty plea Monday in Ramsey County District Court. Sparks, 24, of Fridley, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of aiding and abetting criminal damage to property. [Read more] Text: Man admits throwing 50-pound sandbag onto I-94 during GOP convention A man accused of tossing a 50-pound sandbag from an overpass onto Interstate 94 during protests of the Republican National Convention last year pleaded guilty to a second-degree felony assault charge today in Ramsey County District Court. [Read more] Text: Dave Mahoney Still Has a Posse: Solidarity in the Face of Vindictive Prosecution Monday morning in Ramsey County District Court, RNC activist Dave Mahoney pled – under pressure and significant duress – to a single count of second degree assault, a felony. Instead of going to trial on the 10 felony counts stemming from a single invented incident, Dave and the office of Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner agreed to a plea bargain. Given the disproportionately ferocious, political prosecution, Dave and his attorney evidently found it in their best interest to agree to a 90-day cap on jail time, reduction of the (single) felony charge to a gross misdemeanor after the sentence is served, and the ability for Dave to return to his native England after the jail term. With credit for good behavior and time served, Dave is looking at 56 days or less in jail, as opposed to the decades possible if he had lost at trial. [Read more] Text: Man admits to dropping sandbag during RNC A Milwaukee man has admitted to throwing a 50-pound sandbag from an overpass onto Interstate 94 during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. Twenty-four-year-old David Terence Mahoney pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree felony assault. Under a plea deal, he will serve up to 90 days in jail. He'll be sentenced July 9. [Read more] Text: RNC activist Dave Mahoney to plead to a single charge rather than the 10 filed by the state Allies maintain innocent activist was railroaded by increasingly desperate prosecutors This morning in Ramsey County District Court, RNC activist Dave Mahoney is expected to take a plea bargain in front of Judge Paulette Flynn. Mahoney was alleged to have participated in dropping a bag of sand onto a closed highway exit ramp in front of a delegate bus. Instead of going to trial on the 10 felony counts leveled by the office of Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner, Mahoney will likely plead guilty to only a single count of second degree assault. His agreement includes a 90-day cap on jail time, reduction of the felony charge to a gross misdemeanor after the sentence is served, and the ability to return to his native England after the sentence. [Read more] Text: Man accused of tossing sandbag on I-94 pleads guilty to assault A man originally charged with 10 counts of second-degree assault and terroristic threats after he threw a 50-pound sandbag off the John Ireland Bridge onto Interstate 94 during the Republican National Convention pleaded guilty Monday in Ramsey County District Court. David T. Mahoney, 24, who has no permanent address, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree assault. The plea agreement calls for him to serve 90 days in jail after he is sentenced July 9 by District Judge Paulette Flynn. 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