ColdSnap is reporting 9 arrests downtown near the Excel center and police massing all over the downtown core.The very latest (3:24 PM CDT):The National Lawyers Guild and Communities United Against Police Brutality have filed an emergency motion to stop the seizure of cell phones and cameras during the RNC.
The groups will hold a joint press conference at Hennepin County Government Plaza to discuss their application for an emergency injunction, according to a tweet issued by the ColdSnap Legal Collective.
UPDATE (12:34 PDT):: One of the 9 protesters arrested was a nun, seen being loaded into an unmarked blue van. The 9 were apparently trying to climb a fence near a church.
The police refused to allow IWW Union members off of a train. They were forced to continue on to Plymouth, including a diabetic who needed insulin.