Comments on: Minneapolis: The Green Scare — Using Terrorism Laws to Silence Political Activists

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:48:23 +0000

Here is a list of common items they had when arrested, everyone keeps 5 gallon pails of urine, right?

During the searches a number of items were recovered, some of which included:

Materials used in creating “sleeping dragons” (pvc pipe, chicken wire, duct tape)
Large amounts of urine (including 3 – 5 gallon buckets of urine)
Wrist Rockets
Assorted edged weapons including a machete, hatchet and several throwing knives
Gas mask and filter

Empty glass bottles
Rags
Flammable liquids

Homemade Caltrops (devises used to disable buses in roads)

Metal pipes
Axes
Bolt cutters
Sledge hammers

Old tires (for burning)

Repelling equipment

Kryptonite locks
Empty plastic buckets cut and made into shields
Material for protective padding
An army helmet

By: Nicola

Nicola — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:51:41 +0000

Thanks for taking the trek up to Minnesota! Hope you enjoy Minneapolis! And you’ve happened to hit us in a warm spell!!! It’s in the 30′s (Which for us is really warm, but I suppose not for a texan).

“And watch out Minneapolis, that might have been a bad streak but I have a tendency of bringing terrible weather with me whenever I travel.”

I actually hope you do bring some snow because its looking really grey.

By: Will Potter

Will Potter — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:24:12 +0000

Glad you’ll be there, Nicole! And watch out Minneapolis, that might have been a bad streak but I have a tendency of bringing terrible weather with me whenever I travel.

By: nicole

nicole — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:09:54 +0000

Will, don’t worry about it being eight below. That was a bad streak that only happens something like every five years.

It’ll be warmer than that, but certainly not warm.

I’m looking forward to hearing you speak!

By: Will Potter

Will Potter — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:34:01 +0000

Thanks Bill. It’ll be great to see you again.

By: Bill M.

Bill M. — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:40:26 +0000

Hi Will,
It is great to have you coming back to Minnesota. There should be lots to talk about.

- Bill

By: Will Potter

Will Potter — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:21:31 +0000

Joe,
Do you ever try to look further than whatever B.S. is in police soundbites? Here’s an explanation from the National Lawyer’s Guild about the “buckets of urine” myth:

“Two buckets contain grey water and were being used to flush toilets, to conserve water, in the upstairs bathroom. Both were identified in the inventory as “unidentified liquid.” The third bucket, as shown by inventory sheets, was seized from illegal apartment over a garage in the rear. This apartment has been occupied for several years by a person unconnected to the house occupants or the RNC. No bathroom was in the illegal apartment and urine was collected in a bucket. This was listed as “unidentified yellow liquid” in the inventory sheets.”

As for the other items… I have nearly all of them in my home, including the Kryptonite bike locks, as I’m sure most of the homeowners reading this blog do. Since when do rags and flammable liquids make someone a terrorist? Give me a break.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:13:58 +0000

Here is a list of common items they had when arrested, everyone keeps 5 gallon pails of urine, right?

During the searches a number of items were recovered, some of which included:

Materials used in creating “sleeping dragons” (pvc pipe, chicken wire, duct tape)
Large amounts of urine (including 3 – 5 gallon buckets of urine)
Wrist Rockets
Assorted edged weapons including a machete, hatchet and several throwing knives
Gas mask and filter

Empty glass bottles
Rags
Flammable liquids

Homemade Caltrops (devises used to disable buses in roads)

Metal pipes
Axes
Bolt cutters
Sledge hammers

Old tires (for burning)

Repelling equipment

Kryptonite locks
Empty plastic buckets cut and made into shields
Material for protective padding
An army helmet

By: Will Potter

Will Potter — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:59:57 +0000

EIGHT BELOW?!?! You’re killing me, Haloka.

It looks like I’ll be getting in the day before the event and leaving early Friday morning…

There may be another event on Wed, but that’s up in the air still.

By: haloka

haloka — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:54:52 +0000

I’m looking forward to this event, too!

It’s 8 below zero right now here in Minneapolis, by the way. It’s about noon.

How long are you going to be in the Twin Cities?