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If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. From: Josh Silver, FreePress.net [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 1:29 PM To: E. K. Daufin Subject: Amy Goodman Arrested Free Press Action Alert <http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=aaDjdAZE3fkvKRy5YveeHw..> Dear Dr. E-K., Amy Goodman Arrested <http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=8bJlwSrbLiGUeacxXT3fMw..> Police in St. Paul arrested several journalists yesterday, including Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman. Stand Up for Independent Journalism <http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=ezdbUBAnvOE22eBCczQkcg..> Yesterday, police in St. Paul arrested several journalists, including Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and an AP photographer as they were covering protests of the Republican National Convention. Amy Goodman and others were released last night, but the story is not over. We need you to cosign our public letter demanding that press intimidation cease immediately, and that all charges be dropped. It will be delivered immediately to St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, the RNC Host Committee and the local prosecuting attorneys. We need 10,000 signatures in the next 24 hours, so please take action now: Sign the Letter: Drop All Charges Against Journalists <http://free.convio.net/site/R?i=sqg6DL8W7iEcB_kPJPwmbA..> In addition to these arrests, police with firearms drawn raided a meeting of the video journalists' group I-Witness and arrested independent media, bloggers and videomakers. We're also receiving late-breaking reports of other arrests. By signing this letter, you're sending a powerful message: Officials must rein in aggressive and violent tactics by local law enforcement, stop the targeting of journalists and immediately drop all charges against them. Reporting by independent journalists is vital to a functioning democracy. 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