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Mpls. City Council Committee OKs rubber bullet use on protesters “if necessary”

By Joey Peters
Posted in Politics for the Hell of It | No Comments

Police use rubber bullets at 1999 WTO protests in Seattle
Police use rubber bullets at 1999 WTO protests in Seattle

A handful of activists and future Republican National Convention protesters attended a Minneapolis City Council committee meeting Wednesday to support Green Party council member Cam Gordon’s June 20 proposal banning police use of rubber bullets at upcoming RNC protests this fall. Unfortunately for those planning to protest in St. Paul this September, Gordon’s reformed motion was vastly different from what he proposed …



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