Hundreds to be charged in court after RNC protests

Perhaps another example of paid anarchists…

Source: CNN.com

Almost 300 people will be formally charged in Ramsey County District Court on Tuesday after they were arrested during protests at the Republican National Convention, a police spokesman said.

Police arrested 284 people Monday after firing projectiles, pepper spray and tear gas to disperse a crowd demonstrating near the convention site.

Police used plastic handcuffs to detain between 20 and 30 of them a few blocks from the security perimeter around the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul.

St. Paul police said 130 of the 284 arrested were being held on felony charges. The rest were charged with various misdemeanors.

A crowd of about 300 people conducted what appeared to be a sit-in in a parking lot near the Mississippi River on Monday. Video Watch police detain protesters »

Earlier in the day, a group of self-described anarchists threw park benches into streets and smashed windows, police said.

St. Paul police spokesman Thomas Walsh said Monday afternoon that some of those arrested are accused of property damage and conspiracy to riot.

The arrest of the “anarchists” came after almost 5,000 protesters marched peacefully outside the site of the convention. Walsh said they were part of a “splinter group” of the main body of protesters. He said he would not characterize their activity as a protest. Video Watch police use pepper spray »

“I think they did a disservice to those that came here to protest,” he said.

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