I saw Amy Goodwin many minutes after the scene was controlled. She spoke to several officers, including the division commander, and ignored many orders to remove herself from the area. While I did not see the arrest, it came after repeated warnings to leave. The video that I have seen is only a small portion of what transpired and is, in my opinion, purposely misleading.

The Queen of dissent goes down fightin’. Go Amy. It’s gonna be a killer show when she gets back from this Nazi Pub Hatefest.

You have to wonder what these people are like in real life. Black holes composed of ignorant hatred, perhaps?

Does she live in a Ginger Bread house with a big oven?

Why are lib chicks ALWAYS so incredibly ugly? I mean really… homely as freakin’ hell. Must be a prerequisite or something.

makes them really bitter, which in turn, makes them liberal.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

*catches breath*

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Mortis on September 2, 2008 at 2:35 PM

I was going to post some of my astute thoughts… but you summed them up swimmingly!

Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her.
Goodman was arrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now! producers who were being unlawfuly detained. They are Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. Kouddous and Salazar were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the Republican National Convention. Goodman’s crime appears to have been defending her colleagues and the freedom of the press

Point One: As a matter of law: No one. . .NO ONE. . .has the right to resist arrest (or aid in someone else’s resistance), EVEN IF there is no question that the arrest is either illegal or unconstitutional. There exists no legal right to resist even an illegal arrest. (Goodman should get some noticable jail time.)

Point Two: Does anyone remember the name of the that idiot girl who, you know (Schmooooshhh!!!!), was protesting Israeli bulldozers???

Sheesh… birdbrains of a feather… Goodman, like whatshername, think that the law does not apply to her, and that she can engage in any conduct if they believe their “cause” is just.

Whatshername learned otherwise.

Case closed.

If nothing else, the cops should be using rubber bullets at a minimum on these worthless shreds of human debris.

*catches breath*

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

She wanted her moments of fame, and got it. Her attitude seems to be “You can’t arrest them- or me. We’re journalists! Arresting us is wrong!” Even if she was trying to push past LEO and a police line, and disobeying police orders.

Unlike the arrest of the ABC producer. That was butality (choke holds aren’t allowed anymore)and possibly illegal. (I don’t know if the sidewalk was private or not, but in most cities they are considered public property.)

In this one, you can plainly hear them order her back on the sidewalk. You can also plainly see that they have a line demarcated by officers and that she crossed it.

Kudos to the St. Paul Police. Wish Denver hadn’t given the rest of us LE Officers a black eye.

I don’t think it would suppress meaningful dissent to throw the book at Amy Goodman and punish her to the maximum for actions in Minneapolis. It may even help pave the way for more rational dissent–dissent capable of holding a serious conversation.