(A26) RNC 2012: You Are On a Watch List

by Jacobzladder

While Tampa experiences frequent rain throughout the year, rains began in earnest on the afternoon of Sunday, August 26th as Tropical Storm Isaac moved into the southern portion of the Gulf of Mexico. It is anticipated that the storm -- while passing through the center of the gulf and not striking Tampa directly -- will bring heavy rains and high winds late Monday and into Tuesday. The expected stormy weather has caused the RNC's planners to cancel the first day of the convention, packing the event into three days instead of four, with the show still ending on Thursday, August 30th as scheduled when Mitt Romney will address the republican faithful

The day before the convention was set to begin, social justice activists began with protests in both Tampa and nearby St. Petersburg. Seven activists were ejected from the Tampa Theater for chanting and hanging a "Working Families" banner during a speech by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker at Ralph Reed's Faith & Freedom Coalition event. On the other side of the Tampa Bay, a Death of Democracy March was held to draw attention to the "worlds largest cocktail party" being held at taxpayers expense. They were joined by local faith leaders for a community vigil and march on the same "RNC Kick-Off Party" being held at Tropicana Field in In St. Petersburg. In all, nearly a thousand people turned out to protest the event.

In the evening, while taking the photographs seen here of downtown Tampa, a Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy stopped myself and videographer Jacob Crawford to ask what we were doing. He said we were not being detained but demanded identification. When he was provided with identification, he went to his patrol car and entered our names into his computer, checking for warrants and outstanding legal issues, as well as to file an "information sheet" on his contact with us. While the deputy was doing the background check, and initiating the contact report, his partner at the roadblock, a Tampa police officer with his own patrol car, informed us that they had been instructed to view anyone photographing in the area as suspicious and to demand identification. They said they had stopped two other people with cameras earlier in the day. I asserted that they would not be stopping us, in the rain no less, if we had large video cameras with a corporate news logo on the side. Written by Dave ID of indybay.org

Views: 516

Comment

You need to be a member of 12160 Social Network to add comments!

Join 12160 Social Network

Comment by ElliottWolf on August 27, 2012 at 3:30pm

My mom had "Give it to me," "Give it to John and me," on a note on the refrigerator while I was growing up. When my friend and I were stopped by the police (because I was stopped by the police, and therefore my friend and I were stopped by the police), it meant that the police stopped my friend and me, because the police stopped me, together with my friend; the police didn't stop I.

Comment by truth on August 27, 2012 at 2:53pm
Comment by Lenny Lyons on August 27, 2012 at 12:22pm

why are people so afraid to use the word "me?" "stopped me and jacob crawford" is a perfectly good construct. stopped myself just tells the reader that you don't know the proper usage, but you know it's not I. was your grammar school teacher that mean? 

"Destroying the New World Order"

TOP CONTENT THIS WEEK

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE SITE!

mobile page

12160.info/m

12160 Administrators

 

Latest Activity

Less Prone favorited tjdavis's photo
5 minutes ago
Doc Vega posted blog posts
8 hours ago
cheeki kea commented on cheeki kea's photo
Thumbnail

Lost History

"The Tartar wall - aka The Great Wall of China is hundreds of years old and was up and running in…"
8 hours ago
cheeki kea posted a photo
9 hours ago
tjdavis posted a blog post
22 hours ago
tjdavis posted a photo
23 hours ago
Doc Vega posted blog posts
yesterday
Doc Vega posted a photo
Wednesday
Doc Vega posted a blog post

No Place to Hide

Stumbling through this confusing lifeLike a blunt and rusty knifeSo why is there all this…See More
Wednesday
Burbia posted a blog post
Wednesday
cheeki kea posted a photo
Wednesday
cheeki kea commented on cheeki kea's blog post Vaccines Cause Autism: The Burden of Proof has been met.
Wednesday
cheeki kea posted a blog post
Wednesday
tjdavis posted a video
Wednesday
cheeki kea commented on Burbia's video
Thumbnail

Soros Will Never Recover..Elon AIR The whole Thing

"Good find Burbia. It can only get worse. Is Soros too big to fail for he has his thumb in every pie…"
Monday
Doc Vega posted blog posts
Monday
Doc Vega commented on Doc Vega's blog post What's Meant to Be?
"tjdavis Thanks for your support Dude! "
Monday
tjdavis posted photos
Monday
tjdavis favorited Doc Vega's blog post What's Meant to Be?
Monday
tjdavis posted a video

PORCUPINE TREE - BUYING NEW SOUL (HD)

Filmed at the Park West, Chicago, USA, 11-12 Oktober 2005
Monday

© 2025   Created by truth.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service

content and site copyright 12160.info 2007-2019 - all rights reserved. unless otherwise noted