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| Police Confiscate Journalists’ Equipment Prior to Republican Convention |
| Written by John Fisher |
| Thursday, 28 August 2008 21:22 |
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While Ron Paul supporters gather in Minneapolis-St. Paul for the “Rally for the Republic,” behind the scenes police and other officials appear to be readying themselves for protests and disturbances during the Republican National Convention.
The equipment and notes were returned following a press conference that had wide distribution on YouTube and through email. As seen in the video of the press conference, the group has the National Lawyers Guild on its side. Between featuring the word "collective" in its name and attracting the support of the NLG, it is fairly clear where on the political spectrum the Glass Bead Collective falls. The National Lawyers Guild, since its inception, has been little more than a front organization for hard-left agitators, often of the Communist variety. Radical leftist "paralegal" Chip Berlet explained the nature of the organization in an article published by Resist Inc., another hard-left organization. According to Berlet:
What to make of this? First, the Constitution must be respected. The First Amendment to the Constitution explicitly protects freedom of speech, peaceful assembly, and other rights from restrictions created by the Congress, and the Supreme Court has interpreted it as applying more broadly. But, the Fourth Amendment points out that, "right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause...." Was there probable cause in this case? Notwithstanding the tresspassing and drug possession allegagtions, it is difficult to say exactly, not having the information that may have been available to local police. However, the affiliation of these "journalists" with the National Lawyers Guild at least makes one somewhat suspicious that the group may have ties to other radicals who may intend to engage in disruptive and, perhaps, illegal behavior. It is possible that the police response in this case was too harsh. But it is also possible that there is more to this incident than meets the eye.
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