Thanks, Ron--I didn't know what to think last night after I heard
CNN dismissively placing the number of arrests at around 200 while
keeping up its cheerio-reporterio tone for Convention coverage in
general (and in line, if not in league, with cute little _NY Times_
stories like yesterday's one about Republican ice-cream socials!).
CNN made absolutely no mention last night of the protesters'
jailhouse treatment, much less their ongoing (so says _The
Internationalist_) "jailhouse solidarity" action.
At least in the Chicago of Daly & Donkey days, the press could be
counted on to do its job--Candice
>>"Can Philly listees confirm an e-bulletin just put out by _The
>>Internationalist_ in Chapel Hill announcing that 450 demonstrators
>>("nonviolent activists") have been arrested and charged, with bail set at
>>$15,000 and a "slow-down" processing in effect?
>I can't speak for the treatment in the jails, but yes, they have certainly
>arrested that many people, perhaps more, and in some instances have set bail
>at $50,000 for misdemeanor offenses.
>
>Ron Silliman
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