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rnc08_sector6 tweets

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The protesters' "Sector Map", showing zones 1-7. Click to learn more about the Sector Map in the Maps & Graphics section of this website.
RNC '08 Report note: Tin Can Comms Collective, "The Communications Collective for the RNC protests", coordinated protester Twitter feeds from the various sectors which activist groups had defined in the city. See The "Sector Map" in the Maps & Graphics section of this website.

The first tweet listed in the reverse chronological feed below, was the final tweet received. The feed stopped after police raided Tin Can Collective.




sector 2 requesting backup at kellogg and wabasha, massive amounts of riot cops
03:49 PM September 01, 2008 from web

about 50 riot police in full gear entering 20 unmarked vehicles along Cedar and 7th
03:42 PM September 01, 2008 from web

deploying gas shortly at 11th & wabasha
03:39 PM September 01, 2008 from web

6 buses of riot police and two jeeps arriving at Wabasha and Kellogg. Police are going to seal off Wabasha from Kellogg to I-94
03:18 PM September 01, 2008 from web

platoon going to st peters bridge
03:05 PM September 01, 2008 from web

Cops deploying on bridges off 94 to seal off protesters
03:01 PM September 01, 2008 from web

many delegates on foot walking in from mulberry and kellogg
02:54 PM September 01, 2008 from web

large group marching 9th & minnesota going north
02:53 PM September 01, 2008 from web

police will hold intersection at 9th and robert
02:41 PM September 01, 2008 from web

9th and robert: group forming with sheilds, more coming with cars
02:39 PM September 01, 2008 from web

bike cops going to 7th & jackson to assist delegate bus
02:34 PM September 01, 2008 from web

Two busses being blocked by soft blockade at jackson and 7th
02:31 PM September 01, 2008 from web

riot police heading towards st peter & 7th
02:23 PM September 01, 2008 from web

Blockading 94 at 7th and wall still up
02:12 PM September 01, 2008 from web

team of police on st peter to block freeway to cedar throughfare
02:11 PM September 01, 2008 from web

Pedestrian traffic being stopped on 7th and Wabasha
02:01 PM September 01, 2008 from web

Cops lining up at 7th and Cedar, cops trying to divide lawful protestors/unlawful
01:57 PM September 01, 2008 from web

Small blockade being attacked by cops at cedar and 7th
01:47 PM September 01, 2008 from web

Delegate buses are coming through sector 5 through John Ireland and Kelogg
01:46 PM September 01, 2008 from web

5th and Minnesota, delagate busses there
01:45 PM September 01, 2008 from web

cops on Sibley and 7th in response to breaking of windows
01:30 PM September 01, 2008 from web

reinforcements needed at kellogg and wabash- buses coming through
01:22 PM September 01, 2008 from web

Breakaway march at wabasha and 6th not allowed to move anywhere but north.
01:14 PM September 01, 2008 from web

cops regrouping at wabasha and 7th.
12:35 PM September 01, 2008 from web

protestors moving west on 7th
12:34 PM September 01, 2008 from web

20 bike cops just arrived at 7th and Minnesota
12:33 PM September 01, 2008 from web

additional police mobilizing from north of 7th and minnesota
12:31 PM September 01, 2008 from web

Pepper spray used at 7th and minnesota, cops calling for backup. Giving authority to gas.
12:30 PM September 01, 2008 from web

Funck the War breakaway march on I94 and wabasha - cops dispatched to 7th and Wabasha
12:15 PM September 01, 2008 from web

robert st lined with cops from tenth st down; at least seuen mounted police roving sector 6
11:58 AM September 01, 2008 from web

Massive police staging at Minnesota and 9th in prep for march
10:40 AM September 01, 2008 from web

Sep 1 March on the RNC is going ahead as planned. 11 am rally at Capitol, 1 pm march to Xcel Center. See ya there! www.marchonrnc.org
06:03 PM August 31, 2008 from web

Is there a sector 6 specific mtg tom? We just got into town (Message recieved user teapot1 and dispatched by comms)
09:56 PM August 30, 2008 from web

Police ordered to stay away from I94 between St Paul and Minneapolis becasue of 5 pointed stars on freeway. GO TEAM!!!
06:03 PM August 30, 2008 from web

protestors are deploying 5 pointed metal stared spikes near freeway, exact location unknown (94 DT?) police are mobilizizing
05:44 PM August 30, 2008 from web

@ping4 test
01:06 PM August 30, 2008 from web in reply to Ping4

@Pippi2 you aren't subscribing to this comms group. txt "follow rnc08_sector6" add an "underscore" between rnc08 & sector6.
01:05 PM August 30, 2008 from web in reply to Pippi2

Mass Public Meeting 11:30am @ Powderhorn Park 15th Ave S & 35th Street East MPS; UPDATES ON RAIDS & GOING FORWARD!!
09:11 AM August 30, 2008 from web

ONLY IF CONVERGENCE SPACE IS CLOSED: trainings & events at Powderhorn Park. 15th ave s & 35th st east in Minneapolis.
01:06 AM August 30, 2008 from web

photos are being taken of everyone within the convergence space, people are being released one by one but due to warant w/o their computers.
10:36 PM August 29, 2008 from web

cold snap legal line- 651-356-8635
10:02 PM August 29, 2008 from web

24 hr jail support hotline: 651-356-8635. Write it on your body, give it to your friends, call us if you get arrested or witness an arrest!
05:37 PM August 29, 2008 from web


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