Settlements End Suits Over Raids By Officials
By COLIN MOYNIHAN
NYT
Two groups of plaintiffs have settled lawsuits against law enforcement agencies that raided several St. Paul buildings in advance of the 2008 Republican National Convention, searching for information about protests or unlawful activities. Items seized in the raids, according to court documents, included pamphlets titled “Wash Your Own Dishes” and “Activists’ Guide to Basic First Aid.”
At one house, the authorities searched heavy boxes that they suspected contained weapons, but found only vegan literature.
The settlements brought to a close one of the more controversial chapters of the convention: raids involving heavily armed police officers who arrived at homes and a protest-planning headquarters the weekend before the Republican gathering.
Dozens of people said they were handcuffed, photographed and detained at gunpoint. A handful of people were arrested during the raids, but most were released without charges.
(More here.)
NYT
Two groups of plaintiffs have settled lawsuits against law enforcement agencies that raided several St. Paul buildings in advance of the 2008 Republican National Convention, searching for information about protests or unlawful activities. Items seized in the raids, according to court documents, included pamphlets titled “Wash Your Own Dishes” and “Activists’ Guide to Basic First Aid.”
At one house, the authorities searched heavy boxes that they suspected contained weapons, but found only vegan literature.
The settlements brought to a close one of the more controversial chapters of the convention: raids involving heavily armed police officers who arrived at homes and a protest-planning headquarters the weekend before the Republican gathering.
Dozens of people said they were handcuffed, photographed and detained at gunpoint. A handful of people were arrested during the raids, but most were released without charges.
(More here.)
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