Police rally troops to intimidate L.A. protesters. He sets the groundwork. He facilitates the more radical elements to accomplish their objective of violence and mayhem. Sellers, who has trained activists in peaceful protest tactics for the past four years, was charged with possession of an instrument of crime, obstruction of justice, obstructing a highway, failure to disperse, recklessly endangering another person, and conspiracy. It's the conspiracy charge that could cause trouble for shit-disturbers at the Democratic National Convention.
Authorities use the charge to target both mafiosi and movementistas.
Sellers wasn't the only rabble-rouser told to cough up big money for bail. But arrestees say cops simply moved the horror show indoors. The cops are putting on a less threatening public face. The group says arrested protesters have been verbally abused, punched, kicked, thrown against walls, bloodied, and dragged naked across floors. Near the convention's end, Philly top cop John Timoney called on the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate the groups driving the surge in '60s-style street unrest.