Most RNC Protest Charges Dismissed

The Minnesota Independent reports:

The St. Paul city attorney’s office is not faring too well in prosecutions stemming from the Republican National Convention in September. Initially 672 cases were turned over to John Choi’s office for potential misdemeanor prosecutions.

The overwhelming majority of these — roughly 85 percent — have since been dropped owing to insufficient evidence. This includes the cases of 323 people who were picked up in a mass arrest on the final day of the convention and 39 journalists who were detained. In addition, as of last month, another 52 defendants had either pleaded guilty or paid a fine.

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Here's a link to my take on these absurd mass arrests.

Time For Civil Disobedience At Coal Plants?

Climate Progress reports:

Inarguably, “Coal is the single greatest threat to civilization and all life on our planet” as our top climate scientist, James Hansen, has explained.

Hansen will be joining more than 2,500 people who have registered to participate in “the largest act of peaceful civil disobedience on global warming in the country’s history” — this Monday, March 2 at the Capitol Power Plant. The Plant is owned by Congress and burns coal to heat and cool numerous buildings on Capitol Hill. Details can be found at the Capitol Climate Action Coalition website, where you’ll find this video from Hansen urging participation:



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"Why Are We Not Rioting?"

From the Minnesota Independent:

It sounds like a question on a StatShot chart from The Onion: Why are we not rioting? But AlterNet’s Joshua Holland seriously probes why people in Europe and developing countries are taking to the streets to protest the global economic collapse — while Americans, who started it, are not.

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