rrested in the middle of a Republican convention almost seven years after 9/11. What really happened? And what does that tell you about America now? AMY GOODMAN, JOURNALIST, DEMOCRACY NOW!: I mean, we were there on the first night at the Republican convention on the streets, in the suites, and on the convention floor. That's our job—Democracy Now! breaking with convention. I'm interviewing delegates in the state that's making news, Alaska, because of the vice presidential nominee, and I get a call on my cell phone that our producers at Jackson and Seventh here in St. Paul are being arrested. I tear out of the convention center, race down. Meanwhile what has happened is Nichole Salazar is filming. She's one of our producers. They are filming the commotion which is right outside of our offices. The police are moving in in every direction. She's in a parking lot. She can't move back further than the parked cars behind her. The police move in, and she shouts, "I'm press! I'm press!" showing her press pass, holding her camera. They push her to the ground. They tell her to put her face on the ground. They put a boot on her back, and they start pulling her leg. Her face is bloodied. You hear her shouting; you hear her screaming.
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