Cops raid NYC IMC film showing (New York)

[Nambe]

Infoshop Newswire

In the lead up the the RNC, the state has already begun intensifying their indimidation tactics, starting with a police raid on an Indymedia film screening and benefit show last night in New York. A multi-agency task force shut down a NYC Indymedia video team benefit late Saturday night, sparking complaints that the action was politically motivated.

"I don't think every single department showing up here was a coincidence," said Brandon Jourdan, a video team organizer. "But maybe it was or maybe it was not. People will have to decide for themselves."

Collectively, Indymedia activists and friends shot hundreds of hours of video footage documenting the FTAA protests in Miami. This footage has been edited by the FTAA Miami Video Working Group into a documentary that cuts through the mass media blackout to reveal the brutal repression and assault on civil liberties that took place, as well as the life-affirming and inspiring alternatives to capitalist globalization that were also in full effect in Miami.

A multi-agency task force shut down a NYC Indymedia video team benefit late Saturday night, sparking complaints that the action was politically motivated. ..
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[hang a left]

1. I don't think we are in Kansas anymore................n/t

[merh]

2. Holy Moly! This sounds like the SS - What year is this and what

country are we in?

[Yavin4]

3. Facism Is Here!

Who will come to liberate us?

[bahrbearian]

8. the Iraqi Soccer team ?

[aquart]

4. Okay. I'm not buying that it wasn't political. Too many cops.

"He was also given a summons for not posting a sign warning pregnant women of the dangers posed by consuming alcohol."

Beyond silly, this.

[Pastiche423]

12. OMFG. I thought you were being sarcastic

until I read the full article.

[Cronus Protagonist]

5. Fascism: We Report You Decide

http://cronus.com/fascism

Swiftboat Veterans for Bush

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[Radius]

6. Source

Is this on any other newswire?
Not discounting but good documentation is never a bad thing..

[nosmokes]

20. happened a few days ago, actually

i'm surprised to see it in LBN.

[bluestateguy]

7. Erich Honecker would be proud

For people who claim to be so rabidly anti-communist they sure applaud East German and Soviet style tactics.

[Ducks In A Row]

9. Don't you know: film is a wmd

[lostnfound]

10. Official reasons: emergency lighting, bad stage, no sign warning pregnant

'women of the dangers posed by consuming alcohol. '

Ooh.. How impressive that NYC still has funds for round-the-clock building inspections.

[Downtown Hound]

11. Heil Mon Fuhrer!

New York is going to be very interesting if they use these kinds of tactics.

[Gin]

14. My paper, the Va Pilot......says that the Re- thugs will seek to turn any

disruptions to their advantage, by portraying protests, by even independent activists, as democratic sanctioned displays of disrespect for a sitting president.

[fearnobush]

15. Too bad NYC is 80% dem. It's their own dam fault for trying to Capitalize

on 911. Those LIHOPing fools. They just make Dems and Progressives stronger.

[Downtown Hound]

16. If you ask me

that's just another intimidation tactic. It's saying to every protester that you better behave yourself or you'll be helping Bush. I'm not buying it. I personally think a confrontation will look very bad for Bush. This is not to say I'm hoping a confrontation will happen, I think New Yorkers deserve a break after all they've been through. But if this really ends up being the '68 Democratic convention again, I think it will finally dawn on many American's heads that this is what they can expect if Bush is re-elected.

[Eloriel]

17. And we've already had the FBI stating categorically

that there "will" be "violence," which makes one wonder exactly how they know this far in advance (or at all) -- unless, of course, they've planned it themselves, which wouldn't be the first time.

[fearnobush]

13. Fight Back hard. Demand they uphold the Constitution of these

United States. The more they suppress, the more they let slip an ugly revolution.

[Tempest]

18. This is a week old and doesn't belong in Late Breaking News

n/t

[Tempest]

19. This is a week old and doesn't belong in Late Breaking News

n/t

[number6]

21. multi-agency task force = GASTAPO

..:(

[Moderator]

22. Not LBN

three days old
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