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Originally Posted by jorgelito
Thanks for your clarification. I posted because I took issue with the title of the thread. I felt it was misleading - implying that there was civil disobedience at the RNC when in fact this was not the case. The links you provided shed more light on what happened and it was indeed Rage Against the Machine that incited the riots in the streets of downtown but NOT at the actual RNC. It appears however, that we are talking about 2 separate things that occurred in proximity to each other. There is a difference between peaceful protesters and rioters.
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The group of anarchists have been planning what happened (and more) for months before the RNC. They planned it /for/ the RNC. There was civil disobedience at the RNC, just outside the fence.
Plus, St. Paul is pretty small as metro areas go. The group trying to take over Mickeys Diner was only a few blocks away from the convention center, and was heading in that direction.