“After taking the photo above, of a conflict between law enforcement and RNC protesters, Associated Press photographer Matt Rourke was himself tackled and bloodied by police. He was arrested and held for 10 hours, then released without being charged. . . .

Steps 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 in the 10 steps to fascism, as detailed in Naomi Wolf’s excellent book, The End of America were in full effect in St. Paul: 5) Surveil ordinary citizens, 6) Infiltrate citizens’ groups, 7) Arbitrarily detain and release citizens, 8) Target key individuals and 9) Restrict the press.”

(more from dailypaul.com)

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 at 10:09 pm and is filed under Censorship, Dictatorship, Protests & Civil Unrest.