*Posted with permission from Taylor Statement of Solidarity with NO RNC Organizers in the Twin Cities
August 30, 2008
The raids on personal property and homes continue, as do the threats of arrest for anyone voicing concern about the Republican National Convention. Two of those who were detained at the convergence space last night returned home to find their house and car broken into, and that boxes of documents had been opened and rifled through. These strategies are a shameful display of fear tactics, executed to discourage brave individuals from express dissent with the current political regime. If these attacks fail to elicit a response, what does this say about our movements? How many of us will have our civil liberties violated like this before we admit that we are being systematically denied our rights?
We stand in solidarity with those facing repression and attacks to their civil liberties in the Twin Cities. We will not tolerate the efforts of the FBI and Homeland Security to set a precedent for increasingly aggressive and violent “preemptive policing” of political protest. And we remain excited as tens of thousands of people arrive to participate during the upcoming week of protests at the RNC. This is an open call to friends, family and allies to bring attention to the actions being carried out by the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department, Homeland Security, and the FBI.
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Signed,
See nornc.org to learn more about the protests and how to support organizing in the Twin Cities.
