Michael Cavlin posts: > I am proud to name myself as one > of the 68 > people arrested outside the Federal Building March 25th. I was arrested > with fellow Nurses, Teachers and Students. It is called active Civil > Disobedience. We know who we are. We are the people who "illegally" hid > Jews and others in Germany from 1936-45. We "illegally" broke the > Jim Crowe > Laws here in this country and we "illegally" ran the Underground Railways > during times of slavery. We know who we are and we are proud of it.
What you been smokin boy? I think that loco weed's done gone right to your brain! And you better hope you don't come into any contact with 'normal' criminals (the real bad boys), 'cause they'd likely clean your clock before you knew what time it was! And, remember to keep your head down at the next 'teach in'-- you can never be sure who's got you in their sights. And, never assume they're rubber bullets! Michael Hohmann Linden Hills > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Michelle Gross > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 6:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mpls] Demonstrations and the role of police > > > Michael Cavlan asked me to post the following... snip > > I have watched with some interest the talk of protests, permits and > arresting and fining protestors. I am proud to name myself as one > of the 68 > people arrested outside the Federal Building March 25th. I was arrested > with fellow Nurses, Teachers and Students. It is called active Civil > Disobedience. We know who we are. We are the people who "illegally" hid > Jews and others in Germany from 1936-45. We "illegally" broke the > Jim Crowe > Laws here in this country and we "illegally" ran the Underground Railways > during times of slavery. We know who we are and we are proud of it. > snip > ...well I must agree with Michelle Gross, I would > feel much safer with no police presence. Catholics in northern Ireland > understand what the police are for, Trade Union activists know what the > police are for, activists for Social Justice all over the world know what > the police are for, the underserved communities of Minneapolis know what > the police are for and it is certainly not our protection. Police are for > the protection of the interests of the elite, the wealthy, the > "middle-class". > > Now, returning to arrests of protestors I must share my experience. After > being arrested we were bussed into Hennepin County Jail. There > this rabble > of mainly white, middle-class activists were fingerprinted, photographed > and questioned and then placed in holding cells. There we came > into contact > with "normal" criminals. Or as the authorities in northern Ireland call > them ODC Ordinary, Decent Criminals. At this point the jail > became nothing > more than a University of Radicalization. We all talked and shared our > various perspectives and experiences. Jails have always served > this purpose > from Civil Rights days in the 50-60's, to Ireland, South Africa and > elsewhere. The experience at Hennepin was no different. Teach-Ins are now > being planned at various coffee shops in the Lake St/Park Ave district. > snip > ...As a member of the Counter Propanda Coalition fighting > corporate media bias (the editors and owners of corporate media, not some > of the noble journalists with integrity being shut out) I was in > charge of > obtaing a permit for our first rally. Others in the progressive movement > had already made the decision to refuse permits but since we were new and > wanted everything to be kosher at the insistence of some of our > members we > decided to apply. What a nightmare... snip > ...We went ahead without a permit. Our rally, charging > corporate media with complicity in propagandizing the war and > shutting out > the views of us, the Anti-War and Social Justice crowd was a success. > snip > > Michael Cavlan RN > St Louis Park Green Party > Counter Propaganda Coalition > Flying Pickets > Corporate Media, Corporate War > Time To Do The Math > 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
