Amy Goodman Arrested - Stand up for Democracy!

8:45 am PDT, Oct 10, Edna Cordova, Colorado
as one who watched the arrest on tv i was appalled to see the way amy and her producers were treated! felony rioting!!! you must be joking!! if that is all it takes for our government to arrest our journalists what a farce our democracy is!! of course if you watch democracy now we already knew what our government was under the bush crime family. the police were dispicable.

1:28 am PDT, Oct 10, Name not displayed, Greece

11:10 am PDT, Oct 9, Marian Dombroski, Maryland
I was appalled to hear and see the events which took place outside the RNC this year. It is a terrible thing to see such censorship of the press.

3:10 pm PDT, Oct 8, Milbern Zimmer, Louisiana
That the Democratic Party (no relationship to Democracy) would use the same Orwellian strategy (Protest sites, etc.) and police tactics (one video is worth a trillion words) just shows that we are less than one party away from a one party system.

1:17 pm PDT, Oct 8, Andrew Kusatsu, California
The Ramsey County Sherrif Department should be ashamed at the actions of its "peace" officers who deliberately violated the constitutional rights laid by the forefathers of this country as an exact recourse against "absolute rule." The Bill of Rights and Constitution for that matter clearly allow citizens to freely report and speak out against issues and institutions they believe are a threat to citizens' rights. I find it quite hard to believe these nationally recognized, character-tested individuals would "incite a riot" or anything violent for that matter. The violence incited was on the part of these militarized "peace" officers who blatantly took advantage of the volitile climate to act barbarically and UNPROFESSIONALLY. I hope recourse is taken and I stand in support and solidarity with Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel-Kouddous and Nicole Salazar and all independent media across the globe who's brave and courageous work inspires us all.

6:07 am PDT, Oct 8, ANIL PATEL, Florida
This is so bad that if the world knew about this kind of protection of a political party and against a specific journaist, they would loose the respect for USA's so called democracy. WHAT MORAL RIGHT WOULD WE HAVE TO LECURE OTHER COUNTRY ABOUT FREE PRESS?

7:18 am PDT, Oct 7, Name not displayed, Maryland
amy goodman stands for what is right in journalism. drop these ridiculous charges or admit that your citizens don't have the rights you claim they have under the constitution.

10:02 am PDT, Oct 6, Sudha Rao, Georgia
This seems more like a Totalitarian state than a Democratic one and yet professes to teach Democracy to the rest of the world. There is no place for dissent in the world's so-called greatest Democracy and people can get arrested for just doing their job? Such hypocrisy and such a shame!

9:50 am PDT, Oct 6, Valerie Mehring, Washington
These arrests were clearly illegal. Please drop the charges. There are still those of us in this country who take the Bill of Rights seriously.

8:29 am PDT, Oct 6, Elise Eden, Oregon
This is an outrage. Journalist should cover protests. What is happening to our country? How can this happen here? The police must drop all charges against Amy Goodman and her colleagues.

7:00 am PDT, Oct 6, Donald Grumbine, New York
The last I knew we are still a democracy where there is the freedom of the press. I want you to immediately drop the charges against Amy Goodman and to offer her and her producers an apology for the treatment they received at the hands of the police. I do not blame the police but rather the higher ups who created an atmosphere of intolerance.

11:10 am PDT, Oct 5, Nancy Allen, New York
Amy Goodman's arrest was criminal (as was the arrest and brutal mistreatment of other members of the media and peaceful protesters). To not drop all charges and make restitution to those unlawfully arrested and brutalized just adds to the illegality of the current administration. Those responsible at all levels of government and those who used their positions of power (i.e. those who exerted cowardly macho power by controlling others with use of weapons) deserve nothing less than prosecution and punishment to the full extent our constitution permits!!!

10:24 am PDT, Oct 5, Liz Sanderson, South Dakota

2:25 pm PDT, Oct 4, Carrie Vuich, California
Are we already living under a Military State? Who are we, as Americans, living under a democracy, that our government would allow such an arrest? I heard that protesters, acting under our constitutional rights, were being arrested during the convention, which was appalling, but, to read (and not see it on major news TV stations, of course) that Amy Goodman was arrested makes me disgusted. An intelligent, pro-active, honest American citizen, actually doing a service for our country, needs to be supported not arrested!

1:15 pm PDT, Oct 3, Adolf-joseph Koralewski, Michigan
my god,what next...?

8:12 pm PDT, Oct 2, Heather Carrie, Washington

7:33 pm PDT, Oct 2, Kristal Madhu, Arizona
We can see on the video that these folks were doing nothing wrong. This is not the America we had twenty years ago. Thank God, Bush is going: the worst president of this Nation!

7:17 pm PDT, Oct 2, Tirtza Even, Michigan
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3:50 pm PDT, Oct 2, Joe Conway, Pennsylvania
Let her go!! Why are we arresting journalists??? This is outrageous! The system is tending to become a fascist state. Free speech is the bedrock of our system.

9:32 am PDT, Oct 2, Susan Barbano, Nevada
As far as I am concerned this is a good example of what is wrong with our country. Freddom of speech is one of our fundamental rights and it has slowly being taken away from us during this administration. We are lucky to have Amy Goodman and Democracy Now or I hate to think where we would be today!!! Stop wasting the tax payer money and use your power and energy to improve the lives of your community.

7:38 am PDT, Oct 2, David Spooner, Indiana
I am pretty sure that I heard Ms. Goodman is out of jail and has won her case but this is the first footage I've seen of what actually happened. I hope that what I heard is true! I'm signing anyway because you guys are pretty far from your petition goal. Apparently miss Goodman was under the impression that the Constitution holds some type of legal authority in all areas of the United States. Many of us have fallen pray to this belief--------Step out of "Free Speech Zone" and enter fascist zone. I'm sure she's fine though. Could have been worse in other places. It just makes me wonder which zone is growing faster "free speech zone" or "fascist zone".

7:32 am PDT, Oct 2, Name not displayed, Washington
Clearly, this is not the America we were taught about in school. This is a police state.

6:34 am PDT, Oct 2, Jim Barbano, North Carolina
This is ridiculous. What has happened to our country when journalists, producers, people trying to tell the whole story are being jailed. It is actions like this that are symbolic of the decline of America. When we lose our freedoms, everything else will fail as well. All charges should be dropped and apoligies given to those affected. thanks

9:50 pm PDT, Oct 1, Rebecca Bauer, Michigan

2:11 pm PDT, Oct 1, Name not displayed, California

8:30 am PDT, Oct 1, Keith Berry, Virginia
It's funny how the people who actually do the arresting are probably the people that progressives are fighting for the most. The brainwashed and socially deprived of any alternative voices. Just a paycheck and a badge, not much of a life in my humble opinion. I guess we need to bring to light how un fair and un balanced the military industrial complex has become. Is fascism right around the corner? The people who do the arresting need to take inventory of why and self.

7:51 am PDT, Oct 1, Name not displayed, West Virginia
This may be intended to warm us up to martial law, but some of us realize whats going on and it doesnt give me a warm fuzzy feeling at all!

10:09 pm PDT, Sep 30, David Miller, California
Miss Amy Goodman is a legitimate journalist and deserves to be treated fairly just as any journalist would be in the land of Free Speech! What is the RNC afraid of? Drop the charges! Is this the land of the free or not?? Freedom of Speech is our most fundamental right! Let Amy do her job!

7:58 pm PDT, Sep 30, Brenda Giles, West Virginia
This is Sick !! they need to know We will NOT tolerate this

3:57 pm PDT, Sep 30, Iliana Armenteros Gertman, Florida
This to me is a total abuse of unlawful power. What century are we living in? Who can we turn to, when the people who are suppose to protect our legal rights and take care of us, jump into thier own conclusions as to what is right and what is wrong. Why was this not in All our TV media? What else can I say. Now that I have signed this petition, I will probably be in their Terrorist list. Patriot Act- I don't care. Go ahead and put me in your black list. Maybe I will make a difference.

4:34 pm PDT, Sep 29, Spring Beavers, New Mexico
This video is an outrage! There was no need for the aggressive, disrespectful outrageous treatment of Amy Goodman.

1:34 pm PDT, Sep 29, Michelle Lell, California
MANY believe that Bush WILL declare a "State of Emergency", while "Calling Off the Election" in November. We MUST NOT allow this...

9:29 am PDT, Sep 29, Dale Butt, Florida

7:28 am PDT, Sep 29, Laura Stone, Minnesota
Of ALL PLACES, St.Paul, Minnesota. Kent State did terrorize many and has resulted in silence for decades. Evidently this country has walked blindly into becoming a militarized police socialized government for the rich and powerful-state. Why isn't there huge outrage by all leaders in city and state ? These people deserve huge honors, not abuse. Repair the sadness and wounds suffered by Democracy.