A post ISAG house raid by a combined task force of DEA, FBI, and local police agencies saw another 11 arrests on charges ranging from disorderly house to felony possession. Six months later the legal battle still rages on. Many developments have happened recently that may affect the face of protest in the Twin Cities.
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This search will also yield comments in isolation from the stories to which they responded. Animal rights activists planned actions against this event and spread the word. Minneapolis Police Chief Robert Olson, working with the FBI, made an armed camp of downtown, assigning 700 officers to duty that week, and bringing in suburban police officers, county sherrifs, and state patrol. The fundamental rights of speech, assembly, and movement were regularly suspended during this period. During a July 24 march, the riot-geared policing force boxed in activists and used pepper spray and clubs against them.