Scanner Brian is in Minneapolis this week for the Republican National Convention...
Day
Two at the RNC was, for the most part, a much more subdued affair, even
more so than the shortened Monday night. The reason you aren't hearing
about as much violence or as many protest marches is, according to one
activist lawyer, because the city is stalling the court procedures against those already in jail.
"They
only went through two cases, both misdemeanors, in the several hours I
was [at the courthouse.] Bail was... $750. They're going to drag this
thing out..." In other words, the city is going to quell the violence
by keeping the violent protesters-- and anyone else picked up in
march-related sweeps, such as a woman who had been pushing a stroller--
out of the public eye.
Meanwhile, Republicans increasingly found
themselves on the defensive as Joe Lieberman rescued what was becoming
a rapidly disappointing convention...
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