[Infowarrior] - Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman arrested at RNC protest

[Richard Forno]

FYI, since nobody else seems to be covering the reportedly-large  
protests and (in some cases) questionable "pre-emptive" police actions  
around the RNC this past weekend and today.......-rf

Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman arrested at RNC protest
Posted at 6:39 PM on September 1, 2008 by Sanden Totten (22 Comments)

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/loophole/archive/2008/09/democracy_now_host_amy_goodman.shtml

Hours after the main march ended, spurts of protest were still popping  
up throughout the city of St. Paul. Groups of dissenters made their  
way around downtown, often followed by cops . . . and of course the  
media.

One crew in the midst of it was the group from the show Democracy Now!  
Details are still sketchy, but it's been confirmed that the crew,  
along with the show's politically outspoken host, Amy Goodman, have  
been detained. The stated reason seems to be the recent police  
favorite "probable cause for riot."

Was the 51 year old host really about to start smashing the state? Or  
was she just in the wrong place at the wrong time? Who knows. You can  
hear the tape of her arrest here (language advisory! bad words). It's  
hard to tell what she did, but the crowd freaks out when it happens:

"They're arresting Amy Goodman?" "What are you guys doing!?! You can't  
arrest Amy Goodman!" "Let her go!" "We love you Amy!"

Of course, as we found out earlier this weekend, Amy Goodman isn't  
afraid to get in the thick of things . . . even when it might not be  
the best time to do so.