While the City of St. Paul intimidates journalists with the possibility of criminal and felony prosecutions, the case one can make against St. Paul – or more accurately against that city’s governing leadership – is airtight.

The City Of St. Paul, Minnesota slapped down democracy this past week. Journalists were targeted, deliberately arrested and their homes raided. Many of the innocent were charged with felony rioting. Yet, watch the videos, and you’ll swear it’s the police who are rioting.

Videos At The Uptake.Org

The press cannot do its job when its journalists are muscled to the ground, stripped of their cameras and press credentials, given bloody noses, and thrown in jail.

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