Ummmmm, did anyone see the arrests made of some of these RNC protestors? They had buckets of urine...

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) -- Police raided a rental hall used by a group organizing protests at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Friday.

Police on Friday raid the hall rented by a group planning to protest the Republican National Convention.

The RNC Welcoming Committee, which describes itself as "anarchist/anti-authoritarian," accused St. Paul police of trying to disrupt their protest planned for Monday, the day the GOP convention is set to begin.
Although no one was arrested, the group said police temporarily detained and photographed at least 50 people who were inside the building.
St. Paul Police spokesman Tom Walsh said they were executing a search warrant.
"The cause for the search warrant is not public at this time," Walsh said.
As many as 30 police officers entered with guns drawn, according to witnesses in the building
"The convergence center is simply a gathering place and is not used for illegal actions -- it is a place for workshops and trainings," a statement from the protest group said. "Tonight, we were watching films and sharing food.
"We are now accused of a simple fire code violation," the statement said.

Oddie Miller, a 19-year-old from Fort Collins, Colorado, said it was "just a space to get food, free Internet, community organization."
"There were no bombs or anything in there," Miller said.

Dozens Detained Ahead of Convention
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By COLIN MOYNIHAN
Published: August 30, 2008

ST. PAUL, Minn. — On the weekend before the Republican National Convention, law enforcement agencies detained dozens of people and issued a series of search warrants aimed at groups believed to be organizing demonstrations while delegates and Republican officials


On Friday night the Ramsey County sheriff's department, accompanied by the St. Paul police, detained people inside a building here that was being used as a headquarters to plan protests.
“They handcuffed all of us,” said Sonia Silbert, 28, from Washington. “They searched everyone.”
People who had been in the building said that officers entered shortly after 8:30 p.m. with a warrant and instructed them to lie on the ground, adding that they had been questioned and photographed before being released.
Jordan Kushner, a member of the National Lawyers Guild, said the two-story brick building had been rented by a nonprofit organization and was being used by several groups planning protests.
People who had been inside said teach-ins and legal training had been conducted there, and that the space was also a repository for such items as computers and bicycles.
The R.N.C. Welcoming Committee, a group that has said it wants to block roads during the convention, issued a statement Friday night that was read aloud outside the meeting place by a woman who identified herself as Sarah Coffey.
Ms. Coffey said that the officers, citing fire violations as the reason for their visit, “detained over 50 people in an attempt to pre-empt planned protests.”
The sheriff's department continued the sweeps on Saturday morning, executing warrants for three houses in Minneapolis and two in St. Paul, detaining more than 50 people and arresting 4.
A copy of a warrant at one house said the police were authorized to look for a laundry list of items, including fire bombs, Molotov cocktails, brake fluid, photographs and maps of St. Paul, paint, computers and camera equipment, and documents and other communications.
Residents of the houses where the warrants were served denied having any unlawful or dangerous materials.
Attorneys for the National Lawyers Guild said the people who were detained and photographed included local residents as well as visitors in town to demonstrate at the convention.
Bruce Nestor, a lawyer at one house, said three people there were arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit a riot.
“In my mind it's a classic preventive detention charge,” Mr. Nestor said.
He said the authorities were permitted to hold those they arrested without charging them for up to 36 hours -- excluding weekends or holidays -- in essence detaining them for the length of the convention.
On Saturday morning the father of one woman who was arrested said he was outraged.
“There is no cause for this,” said Dave Bilking, whose daughter, Monica Bilking, a 23-year-old student, had been removed in handcuffs.
The sheriff's department did not respond to a phone message requesting comment

I also heard on Am1500 today that many where children and elderly who where detained.

The democrates will have way more protesters then the republicans. We republicans have the thing called work. It is a totally crazy concept. You get up a 5 or 6am, drive to a place, where others are going too. Then you might be a break around 10, and you take a lunch. THen you take another break, try to wrap it up, and go home to the wife and kids.

The really crazy thing is you do this for like 5 whole days in a row! I even hear you some put in this thing called overtime or they are paid the same amount per week, no matter how many hours they work! ahhhhhh don't tell our protesting democratic friends! They might run in fear, ohhh no!!!!I have to pay taxes, and what! I need a job to get health care? No way man, I want to chill with my bros, smoke up, get arested, and fight the system! But I will need to get back in time for attend college. I am getting my 100th masters and going on 15 years in school. And no I am not a doctor....

Sorry, that comment only pertained to The RNC Welcoming Committee HQ, not the houses that where raided. I never heard any thing about the houses that where radied on Am1500. Just from the New York Times.

I have found nothing as of yet about what you posted LO. But, something else might have broke out since.

There have been at least 1/2 dozen raids and you've only posted the news on one.

Ummmmm, did anyone see the arrests made of some of these RNC protestors? They had buckets of urine, handguns, bow and arrows, bent up metal objects that resemble throwing stars but probably used for puncturing tires or feet, baseball bats, huge 4'x8' maps of the downtown area, bricks, etc. Unreal.

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The sheriff's office said it confiscated weapons on Saturday including a machete, hatchet and several throwing knives, empty glass bottles, rags and flammable liquids, homemade devices used to disable buses, metal pipes, axes, bolt cutters, sledge hammers, empty plastic buckets made into shields, an Army helmet, and large amounts of urine.

Protesters said deputies also seized materials including laptops, protest literature and sign-making materials, bus schedules and a topographical map of St. Paul, site of Xcel Energy Center, the convention hall.

At that time and where I was looking I could not find any info like you had posted.