From DemocracyNow.org<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nSeptember 1, 2008<\/p>\nST. PAUL, MN—Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her.<\/p>\nGoodman was arrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now! producers who were being unlawfully detained. They are Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. Kouddous and Salazar were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the Republican National Convention. Goodman’s crime appears to have been defending her colleagues and the freedom of the press.<\/p>\nRamsey County Sherrif Bob Fletcher told Democracy Now! that Kouddous and Salazar were being arrested on suspicion of rioting. They are currently being held at the Ramsey County jail in St. Paul.<\/p>\n Democracy Now! is calling on all journalists and concerned citizens to call the office of Mayor Chris Coleman and the Ramsey County Jail and demand the immediate release of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar. These calls can be directed to: Chris Rider from Mayor Coleman’s office at 651-266-8535 and the Ramsey County Jail at 651-266-9350 (press extension 0).<\/p>\nDemocracy Now! stands by Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar and condemns this action by Twin Cities law enforcement as a clear violation of the freedom of the press and the First Amendment rights of these journalists.<\/p>\nDuring the demonstration in which they were arrested law enforcement officers used pepper spray, rubber bullets, concussion grenades and excessive force. Several dozen others were also arrested during this action.<\/p>\nAmy Goodman is one of the most well-known and well-respected journalists in the United States. She has received journalism’s top honors for her reporting and has a distinguished reputation of bravery and courage. The arrest of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar is a transparent attempt to intimidate journalists from the nation’s leading independent news outlet.<\/p>\nDemocracy Now! is a nationally-syndicated public TV and radio program that airs on over 700 radio and TV stations across the US and the globe.<\/p>\nVideo of Amy Goodman’s Arrest: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From DemocracyNow.org September 1, 2008 ST. PAUL, MN—Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nAmy Goodman Arrested at RNC - Fog City Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC - Fog City Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From DemocracyNow.org September 1, 2008 ST. PAUL, MN—Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fog City Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fogcityjournal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-09-02T05:48:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2008-09-02T05:49:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"FCJ Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@fogcityjournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@fogcityjournal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"FCJ Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"FCJ Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/4e9da13336b29013e7c520909eaefe91\"},\"headline\":\"Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-09-02T05:48:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-09-02T05:49:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/\"},\"wordCount\":359,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/\",\"name\":\"Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC - Fog City Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-09-02T05:48:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-09-02T05:49:34+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/\",\"name\":\"Fog City Journal\",\"description\":\"San Francisco Bay Area News, Arts, Culture and Politics\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Fog City Journal\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2019\/06\/fcj-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2019\/06\/fcj-logo.jpg\",\"width\":307,\"height\":102,\"caption\":\"Fog City Journal\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fogcityjournal\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/fogcityjournal\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/fogcityjournal\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/4e9da13336b29013e7c520909eaefe91\",\"name\":\"FCJ Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6b7486c7cbeaed9aeaffdfbc23bb5a167e52577cac3b3caea08093ece2364af?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6b7486c7cbeaed9aeaffdfbc23bb5a167e52577cac3b3caea08093ece2364af?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"FCJ Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC - Fog City Journal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC - Fog City Journal","og_description":"From DemocracyNow.org September 1, 2008 ST. PAUL, MN—Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/","og_site_name":"Fog City Journal","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fogcityjournal\/","article_published_time":"2008-09-02T05:48:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2008-09-02T05:49:34+00:00","author":"FCJ Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@fogcityjournal","twitter_site":"@fogcityjournal","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"FCJ Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/"},"author":{"name":"FCJ Editor","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/4e9da13336b29013e7c520909eaefe91"},"headline":"Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC","datePublished":"2008-09-02T05:48:49+00:00","dateModified":"2008-09-02T05:49:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/"},"wordCount":359,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/","url":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/","name":"Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC - Fog City Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-09-02T05:48:49+00:00","dateModified":"2008-09-02T05:49:34+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/742\/amy-goodman-arrested-at-republican-national-convention\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/","name":"Fog City Journal","description":"San Francisco Bay Area News, Arts, Culture and Politics","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#organization","name":"Fog City Journal","url":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2019\/06\/fcj-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2019\/06\/fcj-logo.jpg","width":307,"height":102,"caption":"Fog City Journal"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fogcityjournal\/","https:\/\/x.com\/fogcityjournal","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/fogcityjournal"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/4e9da13336b29013e7c520909eaefe91","name":"FCJ Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6b7486c7cbeaed9aeaffdfbc23bb5a167e52577cac3b3caea08093ece2364af?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6b7486c7cbeaed9aeaffdfbc23bb5a167e52577cac3b3caea08093ece2364af?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"FCJ Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
September 1, 2008<\/p>\n
ST. PAUL, MN—Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her.<\/p>\n
Goodman was arrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now! producers who were being unlawfully detained. They are Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. Kouddous and Salazar were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the Republican National Convention. Goodman’s crime appears to have been defending her colleagues and the freedom of the press.<\/p>\n
Ramsey County Sherrif Bob Fletcher told Democracy Now! that Kouddous and Salazar were being arrested on suspicion of rioting. They are currently being held at the Ramsey County jail in St. Paul.<\/p>\n
Democracy Now! is calling on all journalists and concerned citizens to call the office of Mayor Chris Coleman and the Ramsey County Jail and demand the immediate release of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar. These calls can be directed to: Chris Rider from Mayor Coleman’s office at 651-266-8535 and the Ramsey County Jail at 651-266-9350 (press extension 0).<\/p>\n
Democracy Now! stands by Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar and condemns this action by Twin Cities law enforcement as a clear violation of the freedom of the press and the First Amendment rights of these journalists.<\/p>\n
During the demonstration in which they were arrested law enforcement officers used pepper spray, rubber bullets, concussion grenades and excessive force. Several dozen others were also arrested during this action.<\/p>\n
Amy Goodman is one of the most well-known and well-respected journalists in the United States. She has received journalism’s top honors for her reporting and has a distinguished reputation of bravery and courage. The arrest of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar is a transparent attempt to intimidate journalists from the nation’s leading independent news outlet.<\/p>\n
Democracy Now! is a nationally-syndicated public TV and radio program that airs on over 700 radio and TV stations across the US and the globe.<\/p>\n
Video of Amy Goodman’s Arrest: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From DemocracyNow.org September 1, 2008 ST. PAUL, MN—Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n