5 EYEWITNESS NEWS was given unprecedented access to spend the first day of the RNC with a mobile field force team from St. Paul. Reporter Mark Albert and Photojournalist Jared Bergerson embedded with Division Two, beginning as they 'staged', Monday morning at 9:30am. Includes the bizarre scene of a firefighter "paramedic" with flexicuffs ready on his backpack.
It's the biggest law enforcement force ever assembled to protect an event in Minnesota. An army of more than 3,500 officers and National Guard troops were ready to keep the Republican National Convention safe.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS was given unprecedented access to spend the first day of the RNC with a mobile field force team from St. Paul.
Reporter Mark Albert and Photojournalist Jared Bergerson embedded with Commander Steve Fraser's division as his team patrolled downtown as delegates assembled to nominate a presidential candidate and demonstrators gathered to try and disrupt the convention at all costs.
From broken windows to knocked-down officers to pepper spray and tear gas – these are the indelible images from the RNC.
Albert and Bergerson first joined Division Two as they staged Monday morning at 9:30. It was the first day of the convention and the 76 St. Paul officers did not know what awaited them on the other side of the gates surrounding the Xcel Energy Center.
Embedded with the St. Paul Police |