Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party presidential candidate said on Democracy Now!, “the preemptive use of police force to try and identify those that might be demonstrating, might be pushing a particular point of view, and using the powers of the government to stop them in advance, sort of this notion of preemptive war applied to preemptive law enforcement” disturbed him while in St. Paul for Ron Paul’s Rally for the Republic.
Cynthia McKinney, the Green Party presidential candidate, did not issue a public statement on the police state in St. Paul, but her vice-presidential pick, Rosa Clemente, has been telling press and protesters/activists what she thinks of the police violence bluntly especially since she was at the scene of police concussion grenading protesters on Tuesday night. (I will post the speech that all protesters and activists should have heard delivered to them in St. Paul when the video is posted by the Nader/Gonzalez campaign or somebody else.)
Nader/Gonzalez issued this statement on the police state in St. Paul. In a press release given to press who attended the Open the Debates Super Rally on Thursday, Sept. 4th titled, “Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez Speak Out Against Excessive Use of Force,” the perennial presidential candidate Ralph Nader and the fire breathing Matt Gonzalez responded to the “massive police overreaction to totally peaceful protest:
The role of the police is to control violence and illegal activity. There was neither in the events we are describing. The officers went far beyond that to violating the right to free speech and assembly.
We strongly oppose the uncalled for arrest of numerous citizens, and the excessive use of force and tactics of intimidation including rubber bullets and tear gas, against lawful protesters.
We expected more balance and common sense from the supervisors and trainers of the Saint Paul police force.
I find this to be naïve when considering what happened at the 2004 Republican National Convention to protesters/activists. But, what’s important is that Nader/Gonzalez acknowledged the police violence unlike Obama and McCain.
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