RNC Convention Thuggery

[lsanderson]

An investigation is indeed necessary, but I am already pretty sure about what happened:

1. In August, protesters at the 2004 RNC successfully won police brutality lawsuits against the New York City police department.
2. So, a few days later, the Republican Party indemnified the St. Paul police for up to $10 million in the event that charges of police brutality would be brought against them.
3. Then, at the convention, the police went out and illegally beat up $10 million worth of progressives, including progressive media. It was a free beating for them. More