Media Minutes for September 12, 2008
Producer: Stevie Converse and Candace Clement
Length: 5:00

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Journalists covering the Republican National Convention were held at gunpoint during pre-emptive “security” raids, swept up in mass arrests with protesters, detained for several hours to several days, had their equipment confiscated, and were roughed up by police. Now journalists and citizens of St. Paul are demanding all charges be dropped.

Journalists' Rights Trampled at RNC

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