Seriously, what the heck is going on up there?
The best summary of the action that I can find is McJoan’s on dKos.
Glenn Greenwald has been reporting furiously on these “pre-crime” arrests, as have folks at FireDogLake. And now the WaPo is actually reporting that Amy Goodman was arrested today.
Last week, during the DNC convention, it seemed that the whole world got (rightfully) indignant over a reporter being manhandled by a Colorado police officer. Here, it is almost the entirety of the police apparatus from the FBI to the locals who are tossing these left-wing groups and anarchists, this time almost entirely off of the media radar. So far, they aren’t finding anything that might indicate that these people were planning violence. Some are being held until Wednesday, when the city or state has to press charges to keep them off of the streets or to try to intimidate the rest.
This looks like the non-Steven Spielberg rendition of a PK Dick novel. This kinds of action seems to be totally out of proportion to the kind of protests that these folks pretty publicly (via their website) planned.