04 Sep 08 Tweet Digest for 2008-09-04

• Leaving scene. Cops respected press credentials and let us break the line. #
• Police backing up paddy wagon toward protesters. #
• Some diehards still in the intersection of 12th & Cedar. #
• I actually commend the police from using very little force so far. They’re waiting the crowd out the bet they can. #
• Pretty much everyone on this block is a journalist. #
• Crowd heading back toward capitol. Situation is getting ridiculous. #
• Cops just made a big push. Crowd (including me) scattered. Peope still in streets. #
• Kind of at a standstill. Cops making some chess moves. #
• Crowd just won a small victory with chant of ‘whose parking lot? Our parking lot!f #
• Whole MPR team is amassed in the capitol parking lot. #
• Cops moving in tighter. Circling part of crowd. I’m planning an escape route. #
• Possible pepper spray, crowd made some moves. Back to the intersection. #
• Check out theUptake, just saw Olsen. He is probably live streaming. #
• Now mass of people at 12th & Cedar. #
• Group is rerouting through capitol and making way toward cedar again. Crap. #
• People dispersing, cops moved in. Me and your son are kind of in the middle of it. #
• Police just made the order to clear the streets. Here it comes. #
• Give you a hint, first word starts with an ‘F’, second word is police. #
• People are now doing impromptu street art with chalk. Phrases too colorful to repeat in mixed company. #
• About a dozen kids are riding bikes and skateboards in a circle in the intersection. #
• http://twitpic.com/a8ib - Police of all stripes. #
• Just a mass of protesters, journalists and rubberneckers on the bridge. Police on both sides. #
• Cops on capitol side of JI, protesters on cathedral side. Chanting loudly, cops not amused. #
• The cathedral is making a lovely backdrop for this standoff. #
• http://twitpic.com/a8gq - John ireland & Kellog #
• Rubber bullets locked and loaded. #
• Situation heavy at John Ireland and Kellog. #
• Oof, they called in the snow plows. #
• Uh oh, masks on. #
• I think this going to get messy. People marching toward Xcel. #
• Police are telling people they cannot march. Permit expires @ 5pm. #
• Just saw a reporter with a helmet and a day-glo orange vest on. I think he’s little nervous. #
• Police arrested someone. Ninja turtles and cavalry leaving. #
• Horses, bikes and riot cops all just swarmed in #
• First incident with police #
• Peope slowly gathering at Capitol again. A lot of kids though. #
• You would think it would benefit the Lawyers Guild if their observers were a little less noticeable. #
• Despite a rather quiet day there are a lot of cops along 7th and Cedar. #
• Me thinks the RNC Welcoming Committee presser was full of B.S. Oh wait, they already had that tucked away in little bags… #
• @N614EF That’s laughable, I’m sure about 100 million black people would beg to differ. in reply to N614EF #
• From Spicoli to Willie Stark and now Harvey Milk. Sean Penn sure does know how to impress: http://tinyurl.com/5dyn2z #
• Reading: Why Buyouts Suck | Newspaper Death Watch http://is.gd/2d3C #
• There’s the sun. Yay, one overnighter down, one to go. Tonight is going to be mayhem in St. Paul for final day of RNC. #
• Wow, overnight shift is going by surprisingly fast. Who thought midnight to 8am at a radio station would be so busy and productive. #
• Word is coming in that police have fired tear gas in Minneapolis outside of RATM show. #

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