Camera Shy

[spindrifter]

The Stranger Slog

posted by Brendan Kiley on August 31 at 2:03 PM

A Minneapolis-based attorney has asked Hennepin County district judge Mark Wenick to sign an emergency injunction to stop police from seizing video cameras and other recording equipment from journalists during the Republican National Convention.

Attorney Gena Berglund, of the National Lawyers Guild, says Judge Wernick claims to be “too busy with probable-cause hearings” to sign the injunction.

Police have been seizing video cameras and other recording equipment from video bloggers throughout the summer—seven affidavits of different instances—and in the past few days.

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http://slog.thestranger.com/?sn

There is plenty more stuff on the Slog--especially Dan Savage's piece on VP candidate Sarah Palin.

[thunder rising]

1. Are Minnesotans really this paranoid? How can they think of keeping this lunatic in office?

[jwirr]

2. Most Minnesotans are not that afraid but he may have been elected

by a red district in the cities. Most of us did not even know he existed until this mess. To see who is to blame you need to see what district he is covering.