Riot police greet workers at Mall of America

Weird how the Republican National Convention comes to the Twin Cities and fascism breaks out all over the area.

Yesterday - which was Labor Day - 50 to 70 Starbucks workers and their backers launched a peaceful rally in Minneapolis. They planned to escort a Starbucks counter server back to work after he was reinstated after being illegally fired for trying to form a union.

The group took the train from downtown to the much-maligned Mall of America. But when they tried getting off the train at the mall, police in riot gear blocked them from getting off and threatened to arrest them for trespassing.

Riot police blocked all the exits of the train, detaining all passengers - not just those involved in the rally. A diabetic woman was denied insulin.

Because of riot cops' illegal show of force, the train had to go back to the last station, and the newly reinstated Starbucks worker had to walk the rest of the way to work - causing him to be a half-hour late.

I guess BushAmerica celebrates Labor Day by suppressing worker rallies.

(Source: http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20080901103018645)