Cerise
Well-Known Member
Just tools of the trade for the RNC Welcoming Committee. The self-described anarchist group's plans for disrupting next week's Republican National Convention were sidetracked when members were served with a search warrant and the raid turned up
# Materials to create "sleeping dragons" (PVC pipe, chicken wire, duct tape), which is when protesters lock themselves together
# Large amounts of urine, including three to five gallon buckets of urine
# Wrist rockets (high-powered slingshots)
# A machete, hatchet and several throwing knives
# a 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
# Rapelling equipment
# Kryptonite locks
# Empty plastic buckets cut and made into shields
# Material for protective padding
# An Army helmet
The five people being held at the Hennepin County jail are under arrest on suspicion of conspiracy to riot, conspiracy to commit civil disorder and conspiracy to damage property.
St. Paul's mayor said this afternoon that free speech rights are separate from criminal behavior.
http://www.twincities.com/ci_10344356?nclick_check=1
# Materials to create "sleeping dragons" (PVC pipe, chicken wire, duct tape), which is when protesters lock themselves together
# Large amounts of urine, including three to five gallon buckets of urine
# Wrist rockets (high-powered slingshots)
# A machete, hatchet and several throwing knives
# a 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
# Rapelling equipment
# Kryptonite locks
# Empty plastic buckets cut and made into shields
# Material for protective padding
# An Army helmet
The five people being held at the Hennepin County jail are under arrest on suspicion of conspiracy to riot, conspiracy to commit civil disorder and conspiracy to damage property.
St. Paul's mayor said this afternoon that free speech rights are separate from criminal behavior.
http://www.twincities.com/ci_10344356?nclick_check=1
