----- Original Message ----- >> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 08:51:22 -0700 (PDT) >> From: Minneapolis Copwatch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Fwd: Forum Threat, Undercover Thugs >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi folks this is giovanni from Minneapolis Copwatch sending you a little bit of an update about what is going on as a result of the police riot that happened on July 24 when over 80 of us were arrested on fraudulent charges justified by blatant lies from the MinneapoliceState police department, the St. Paul Police Department, various other local police departments as well as the FBI, and the Minnesota State Police. This was a demonstration against genetic engineering with about 200 demonstators and legal observers (from the NLG and Minneapolis Copwatch), at least 40 of whom were undercover cops (or Thugs as Rev X expressed it). We were crushed by approximately 860 riot poilice who beat people down with billy clubs/cop dildo, sprayed people with so much pepper spray that they're clothes with saturated in some cases. The FUCKERS would not let people disperse even when we tried to and in one instance arrested a woman who was assisting a blind woman and then proceeded to let the blind woman walk into a cloud of pepper spray. Those people who did manage to get a away were attacked by the Minneapolis PD later that night. In one situation they raided one activist house, smashed everything they could in the house, committed an assortment of human rights abuses and confiscated two computers to later copy all the data from. Mnay of us still have not gotten our property back and approx 59 still have charges against us even though those fuckers are, and will always be, the FUCKING CRIMINALS!!! anyway i've gotta log off cause i'm getting all emotional. giovanni >> >> --- RevX <**********@******.***> wrote: >> > Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 01:45:40 -0600 >> > From: RevX <***********@******.***> >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Subject: Forum Threat, Undercover Thugs >> > >> > Hello >> > >> > Just in case anyone missed this at the forum: >> > >> > A tall man with dark hair in a ponytail wearing a >> > blue t-shirt >> > addressed the council toward the end of the meeting >> > and said this: >> > He had overheard someone wearing the nametag >> > "Stengele" (sp?) >> > (possibly the County Commissioner) say to someone >> > else "make >> > sure that everyone who showed up today gets their >> > ass kicked".... >> > Stengele had apparently made this comment less than >> > one hour >> > before the forum adjourned. The tall man in blue >> > returned from >> > the podium still looking visibly shaken. >> > >> > I immediately went into the hallway to speak to >> > him about what >> > he'd heard, and when I did, he was talking to >> > another person who >> > had apparently overheard the same thing... maybe I'm >> > being an >> > alarmist here, but that's confirmation enough for >> > me. >> > >> > Maybe it was just bluster, maybe merely a joke in >> > the poorest >> > possible taste, but I do not feel it would be smart >> > to assume this >> > to be the case. One of the speakers made a comment >> > about waiting >> > for the other shoe to drop... I think it's about to. >> > >> > >> > In light of this new threat, be it sincere or >> > not, I would advise >> > EVERYONE to "put their house in order", as it >> > were.... >> > >> > 1. Have a contact to call from jail. >> > 2. Speak in advance with your attorneys. >> > 3. Set aside what funds you can for bail. >> > 4. Make certain to remove any irreplaceable >> > valuables (i.e. family >> > photos, journals, jewelry, keepsakes), anything >> > you don't want >> > stolen or destroyed, from your place of >> > residence and store them >> > off-premesis - cops love to destroy things like >> > that in a "raid". >> > >> > And finally, being heavily involved in the animal >> > community for many >> > years now, I can issue the following warning with >> > the confidence that >> > comes of terrible experience: >> > >> > IF YOU HAVE PETS OF ANY KIND, MAKE TEMPORARY >> > HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS >> > FOR THEM IN THE HOME OF SOMEONE YOU TRUST, AND TAKE >> > THEM THERE NOW! >> > >> > I cannot even begin to go into the horror stories >> > of cops taking >> > birds, hamsters, kittens, puppies, cats, dogs, or >> > whatever they can >> > get their hands on, and doing everything from >> > flushing them down >> > the toilet to throwing them out a 5th story window >> > to extracting a >> > "confession" from you by threatening harm to >> > them.... or, at the >> > least, they will be whisked away by Animal Control, >> > and you will >> > NEVER see them again because by the time you get >> > bailed out of jail, >> > the "boarding" fees (bail) charged by AC will be so >> > high that you >> > can't afford it. They've also been known to "lose" >> > animals from >> > time to time..... >> > >> > IF YOU LOVE YOUR ANIMAL-CHILDREN, GET THEM OUT OF >> > THE LINE OF FIRE. >> > At least until we can ascertain the truth or >> > falsehood of this latest >> > threat. We can hope and pray that I'm just being >> > paranoid here, >> > but we do need to be prepared. >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > And now, in other news: >> > >> > >From Minneapolis CopWatch: >> > >> > Monday, August 21, 7 PM >> > Arise Bookstore >> > 2441 Lyndale Ave S. >> > >> > There will be a planning meeting for the October >> > 22nd >> > Day of Action to Stop Police Brutality, Repression >> > and the >> > Criminalization of a Generation. For more info, >> > check out >> > the October 22nd Coalition's Web site: >> > >> > http://www.unstoppable.com/22/ >> > >> > WE WILL MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD ON OCTOBER 22ND!!! >> > >> > ---------------------- >> > >> > ANDY DRISCOLL'S REPORT ON UNDERCOVER COPS' ROLE >> > IN MINNEAPOLIS DEMOS >> > >> > Chew on this for a moment. I will not mention names, >> > but a friend of >> > mine who happens to be a police officer (I have few >> > that are, as one >> > could imagine) was sporting a goatee the other night >> > and, thinking >> > I was teasing, I asked him if he was going under >> > cover or something. >> > He said, "As a matterof fact, I did." >> > >> > He then proceeded to describe his duty: he and 40 >> > undercover cops >> > had infiltrated the demonstration crowds at the >> > genetics conference, >> > and were as much a part of those protests as >> > legitimate participants. >> > I asked point blank if he and his crew were among >> > the "trouble- >> > makers." This guy was the leader. >> > >> > One more nasty item: He's not a Minneapolis cop - >> > He's a St. Paul >> > sergeant. >> > >> > I was not in a place where I could ask why, if they >> > were there working >> > for the "enemy", they didn't try to cool out anyone >> > going overboard in >> > protesting, but I would like that question answered. >> > >> > It gives mighty credence to the stories coming out >> > of Seattle that the >> > FBI was part and parcel of the vandalism and other >> > destruction that >> > renegade demonstrators inflicted on other areas of >> > the city. >> > >> > If we fail to take into account the deep military >> > tactics of the >> > police, not only in patrolling parades and >> > demonstration by the >> > busload, but in fact, in subversive intelligence >> > work and inciting >> > mob violence, we are irresponsibly condemning the >> > wrong people >> > for the street disturbances. How complicit are the >> > media outlets >> > in fostering this phony notion, especially when >> > demonstration/ >> > action organizers plan no violence at all. >> > >> > Only one reason surfaces as I see it: officials and >> > the police need >> > desperately to destroy the contrary messages of >> > resisters to the >> > unseemly trends in corporate control over all >> > aspects of life in >> > these United States. To make sure the discrediting >> > is complete, >> > they make like they're not only keeping the peace >> > during a >> > convention or conference like the recent one, the go >> > completely >> > overboard, knowing full well that the outrage over >> > the loss of >> > constitutional rights provides fodder for violence. >> > They then >> > send in their own people under cover to make sure >> > the situation >> > gets out of hand so they can claim credit for >> > dispersing the crowd >> > and discrediting the entire dissident movement by >> > beating heads >> > and firing tear gas into their numbers. >> > >> > What a beautiful setup, and few of those watching >> > the 10 o'clock >> > news are inclined to question the veracity of the >> > whole mess. >> > Staged violence becomes real violence and the police >> > know they >> > come out smelling like a rose. >> > >> > On the other hand, if no violence had occurred, then >> > the over-the- >> > top preparations would have been seen for what it >> > was: a police >> > state action denying the fundamental right to move >> > freely about >> > in public spaces and to peaceably demonstrate >> > against dangerous >> > policies. >> > >> > With the hiring of St. Paul officers as >> > infiltrators, what got out of >> > hand was police inspired, not the other way around. >> > >> > Be afraid. Be very afraid. >> > >> > - Andy Driscoll >> > >> > Twin Cities Coalition to Defend Mumia Abu-Jamal >> > >> > Organizing meetings: >> > Every Wednesday at 7:00 P.M. >> > Arise Bookstore >> > >> > 24-hour Hotline: 651-649-4579 >> > >> > Web: http://www1.minn.net/~meis >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > That's all for now... >> > >> > -Joe >> > >> >> >> ===== >> Minneapolis Copwatch >> 3010 Hennepin Ave S #170 >> Minneapolis, MN 55408 >> (651) 649-4076 >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. >> http://im.yahoo.com/ giovanni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! 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