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:: Monday, December 08, 2003 ::
Civil liberties concerns rise in wake of FTAA events By Michael Kuchta
Minnesota union members who traveled to Miami said police in Robocop-style riot gear carried out nonstop intimidation and repression.
“They absolutely crushed people when there was no provocation,” said Steelworker Tara Widner. She said police even attacked and gassed a medical tent treating wounded demonstrators.
“The cops were really strutting their stuff,” said Rob McKenzie, president of Auto Workers Local 879. “They were very belligerent, very intimidating. It was frightening.”
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Larry Weiss, director of the Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition, which organized much of the local opposition to the FTAA. “Everything was done under a massive police presence.… They were clearly making a statement that First Amendment rights don’t exist the way they used to.”------------------------------------------- posted 7:10 AM :: reference link ::
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