{"id":3135,"date":"2008-08-22T06:26:47","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T11:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3135"},"modified":"2008-08-22T08:21:25","modified_gmt":"2008-08-22T13:21:25","slug":"get-your-cameras-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3135","title":{"rendered":"Get Your Cameras Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This message is aimed at you if you&#8230;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>want to participate in the alternative media coverage of the biggest story in Minnesota in recent years, and&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;are going to be somewhere near the convention, or, alternatively<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;you are going to be nowhere near the convention at all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3057\/2786181895_9bd7fd1044.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the deal:  if you have a video cam, a still cam, or even just a cell phone, we want you to keep your eyes open.   While <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3119\">some of them <strike>strenuously <\/strike>deny it<\/a>, others among the protesters, out of adolescent posturing or out of malice, plan on trying to disrupt the convention and making life that week a very difficult for Twin  Citians; &#8220;we want to make poeple in the Twin Cities understand what life&#8217;s like in Baghdad&#8221;, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=739\">said my co-panelist<\/a> on MPR&#8217;s &#8220;In The Loop&#8221; past year. We want to keep an eye on <em>our <\/em>city, so it looks the same as  it did before they turned up.  Which, if you live and pay taxes and send your kids to school here, should be a non-partisan thing.<\/p>\n<p>So if you&#8217;re in the Twin Cities the week of the convention, here&#8217;s what we&#8217;d like you to do: Watch for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People gathering on off ramps or overpasses.  Word has it that, since the venue itself is going to be pretty secure, they&#8217;re going to be aiming to shut down traffic to keep delegates from getting to the convention.<\/li>\n<li>People walking away from cars.<\/li>\n<li>People wearing green hats [they&#8217;re part of the ACLU legal team, and they can be expected at all protester &#8220;events&#8221;, looking for lawsuit fodder]<\/li>\n<li>Guys with purple armbands who have videos cameras.<\/li>\n<li>Piles of bikes.  Bike thefts in the Twin Cities are <em>way <\/em>up in recent weeks; there&#8217;s evidence that &#8220;protest&#8221; groups are gathering bikes to use as cheap, traffic-proof transportation.<\/li>\n<li><span id=\"lw_1219403945_0\" class=\"yshortcuts\">Groups of people<\/span> away from parade routes.<\/li>\n<li>Piles of stuff that could be used to block traffic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With that in mind &#8211; as we get closer to the convention, we at <em>True North<\/em> will be publishing some contact information; if you see any of the above (and, in a perfect world, if you get  pictures), we&#8217;ll be looking for your input.<\/p>\n<p>Think about it.<\/p>\n<p>More later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This message is aimed at you if you&#8230;: want to participate in the alternative media coverage of the biggest story in Minnesota in recent years, and&#8230; &#8230;are going to be somewhere near the convention, or, alternatively &#8230;you are going to be nowhere near the convention at all. 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