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RNC RAIDS
SEGURA, LILIANA | September 29, 2008 issue

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The article reports that police in St. Paul, Minnesota harassed independent media members before the 2008 U.S. Republican Party National Convention. Police raided hotels housing the news organizations I-Witness Video and Democracy Now!. Elizabeth Press of Democracy Now! was arrested and detained until co-members had her released. According to Associate Press reporters, the Republican Party purchased $10 million of insurance to cover the legal costs of any policemen accused of brutality.

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JOURNALISTS; REPUBLICAN Party (U.S. : 1854- ); CONGRESSES & conventions; PRESS, Elizabeth; POLICE brutality; MASS media; POLICE; PAUL, the Apostle, Saint; MINNESOTA
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