So, who got arrested last night?

I have a present for you: it’s a blog post that isn’t about the RNC! This last weekend, I was invited to attend an event called Solutions Volume 3 . The idea was to have a bunch of Twin Cities-based speakers give six-minute-forty-second talks on what they are doing to make the world better. “Great,” I thought, “Hippie Fest 2008.” But I was given free cover and was promised beer, so I couldn’t just skip it. And yes, it kind of was Hippie Fest 2008. B... more

John Camp discusses the how-to’s of covering a riot as Main Street Media or a Citizen Journalist and breaks it down into 8 simple rules, How To Cover a Riot . I find his description of CJ’s pretty amusing “… and the sort of Off-Broadway Media, and the Off-Off Broadway media, and the Far-Off Broadway media.” Heh. I think his rule #3 could have helped a lot of our local CJ’s that ended up gassed. 3. Always — ALWAYS! — know where the Little Asshol... more

Watching the last few days of unrest in the Twin Cities surrounding the Republican National Convention unfold, a few things have made themselves evident to me in a way that I’d heard of and thought a little about but never personally witnessed before. Law enforcement may be hurting more than they are helping. Our local independent media’s coverage has been a good complement to the traditional media’s coverage. Volunteer opportunities abound. Law enforcement may be hurti... more