Both the people who said they wanted to disrupt the Republican National
Convention in St. Paul and the police who tried to stop them were well-organized
and had military-like strategies from the start, with police strategies evolving
as the week went on. ---- Just as top police brass met each morning to discuss
new intelligence and their plans for the day, so did anarchist groups, St. Paul
Police Chief John Harrington said Friday. ---- The two sets of strategies played
out during the four-day gathering, resulting in 818 RNC-related arrests and
groups decrying the police actions as overly aggressive and limiting free
speech. Police have said they acted properly.
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