In Minnesota, RNC 8 are back in court

This month marks one year since the Republican National Convention came to St Paul, Minnesota where John McCain was crowned as the party’s Presidential candidate. More than 800 protestors were arrested during the 2008 RNC in a week-long crack down by city, county and federal law enforcement agencies.

The most famous of those arrested weren’t even at the protests; the so called RNC 8, are back in court this Wednesday. FSRN´s Andrew Stelzer has the story.

Correction: On Monday August 17, FSRN aired a story by Andrew Stelzer on the RNC 8 that included the assertion that a spokesperson for the Ramsey County’s attorney´s office would not comment specifically on "any connection between the RNC 8 and other cases." In fact, the spokesperson refused to comment further on the cases in general.

The story also incorrectly stated that one of the charges against the RNC 8 was "conspiracy to destroy federal property." The charge was actually "conspiracy to destroy property." Additionally, we stated that 37 people pleaded guilty to charges brought by Ramsey County. In fact, that’s the number of people who pleaded guilty to charges brought by the city of St Paul, Ramsey County and the federal government combined. FSRN regrets the errors and any misunderstanding this may have created.

A corrected version of the radio story has replaced the original version.