[Marxism] Man admits making Molotov cocktails for convention

Aaron Aarons aaron at mylists.fastmail.fm
Wed Oct 22 16:04:45 MDT 2008


>Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:31:43 -0700
>From: Jeffrey Thomas Piercy <mqduck at sonic.net>
>Subject: [Marxism] Man admits making Molotov cocktails for convention
>
>And you people thought they harassed protesters with no justification!

Are you a cop-lover trying to use one individual case to justify the massive police repression of protesters?

 - Aaron

>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/22/america/Convention-Plea.php
>
>
>Man admits making Molotov cocktails for convention
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>MINNEAPOLIS: Federal officials in Minneapolis say a man suspected of
>planning to attack the Republican National Convention has pleaded guilty
>to possessing Molotov cocktails.
>
>The U.S. attorney's office in Minneapolis says 23-year-old Matthew
>Bradley DePalma of Flint, Mich., entered his plea Tuesday to a charge of
>possession of destructive devices.
>
>Authorities say DePalma had made at least five Molotov cocktails by the
>time he was arrested on Aug. 28.
>
>He had allegedly told an FBI informant he planned to attack the
>convention site in St. Paul and had described a plan to use the fire
>bombs on police.
>
>DePalma has not yet been sentenced. He faces a maximum of 10 years in
>prison.




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