There's an opinion piece on the Startribune's website about one woman's experience with jury duty. It appears to deal with the Northeast barbeque loud party bust and pepper spray incident that was reported in Indymedia and discussed on the list early in September.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/562/3722609.html >From the article: "It sounded as if nobody had behaved flawlessly. Certainly, the partygoers shouldn't have cranked up the music or hindered the officers. But the cops had let a minor disturbance blow up into a bigger one, for reasons that weren't clear. Why didn't they just shrug off the smart aleck's comment? It hardly seemed worth bashing in a door and roughing up three people, including a senior citizen. Nor did it help appearances that the police officers were white, while many of the partygoers (including two of the defendants) were black or biracial. " Rosalind Nelson Bancroft neighborhood TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
