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USA Today: 2,000 Protesters Try to Reroute Final March After Clash (9/5/08) by Alan Gomez
Even when managing to quote opinions of real-life Republican National Convention demonstrators—"'They most definitely created the police state they wanted,' said Jeff Sear, 26, a St. Paul technician arrested Monday and charged with a misdemeanor"—Gomez does so amid repression-friendly language:
Protesters have complained all week that police have gone overboard in their attempts to quash potential violence and ensure the convention—being held at the Xcel Energy Center—proceeded without any interruptions.
Rest assured, the protesters’ main complaint was not that the police were too effective at stopping violence....
Listen to the latest from FAIR's radio show CounterSpin: Heidi Bogosian on Convention Protests (9/5/08)
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