Article said: "Protesters arrested for misdemeanors can only be held for 36 hours without charge, whereas those charged with felonies can be held for up to 72 hours before they see a judge."

Keep in mind that the time a protester can be detained does not include weekends and holidays.
And many protesters were arrested during a 3-day weekend.

So they may be in the slammer WITHOUT BEING CHARGED for up to 6 days in this case.
What if they have a job they have to get back to?

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This is a terrible precedent to set. We must not stand for this. The first amendment is still the first amendment!
Please write your congressional leaders and your local newspapers with your outrage!

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I had a friend from Canada call last night to say that he was watching video on CNN of the tear gassing of protesters in Minnesota. I checked CNN - no videos, no stories. I went to CNN International, and again no video and no story. Then I searched the internet, and could only come up with news on Thailand. This was very disturbing to me - the news blackout - how was someone in Calgary seeing real time video, but I could not find anything except news of protests happening the day before. Then my made me chuckle. He said, "Please let America know that we have found the Weapons of Mass Destruction. They are in The Twin Cities, and they are being used to protect the RNC."

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are sending us a message. Martha Stewart's problems were to send a message. A democrat can lie to a democrat and nothing happens. A republican can lie to a democrat and nothing happens. But when a democrat lies to a republican he goes to jail.

All protests are now illegal in this republican world. This will not change unless Obama can legitimately poll 65% by halloween. The black politician lie factor is between 12 and 15 percent. Twice now the republican party has taken the presidency in spite of losing the popular vote. They openly state that they don't believe in democracy.

Obama has to take 65% of the vote. He has to beat Diebold. He has to beat the republican governors that illegally remove democrats from the voting rolls like Florida.

I'm pretty sure a democratic win is impossible unless democratic voters flood the polls. We have no way of knowing who hacks the Diebold machines. It might be republican locals. It might be the RNC. It might be the KGB. It could be done from anyplace in the world. It could be done by the CIA station in Bulgaria on direct orders of the president. Maybe it is coming in from Nigeria. (joke?)

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