I hit the RNC Welcoming Committee HQ (Convergence Space) this evening who was having a dinner/concert featuring David Rovics. Having RNC withdrawals and wanting to see both David Rovics & the RNCWC HQ that was raided prior to the RNC even starting I went. I walked in through the door and immediately found a group to sit down and chat with including David Bicking father of Monica Bicking who was charged with ‘conspiracy to riot in furtherance of terrorism’. Ironically, the group Monica was with was the ‘Food Not Bombs‘ protest group. I had already eaten dinner (Culver’s) but, it looked pretty good (but vegan), they had quite the selection. The lower level has large banners of WI-FI codes, near the entrance of the building is a row of computers where people were working at, immediately adjacent to it was a bunch of literature of RNC protest type events. I didn’t see any WMD’s or anyone who looked exceptionally dangerous (well maybe a few who could have just returned from a First Avenue concert….probably not but, they were dressed for it). In any event people were constantly calling for volunteer’s having already eaten I felt a bit obligated to help serve food or bus dishes but, at the same time I didn’t want to get stuck in the kitchen either. Anyways, we went up stairs after chow where they had a pretty nice auditorium type setup with tons of seating(minus a door near the stage that law enforcement destroyed during the ‘raid’). David Rovics was introduced and he played a couple dozen songs before he broke a string, good performer, good show, interesting lyrics. The RNC Welcoming Committee is attempting to raise $250,000 for legal defense fees. Given the nature of the venue I decided to leave the camera’s in the car, no doubt undercover law enforcement from one or more agencies was present. I left HQ expecting to see 100 riot police but, not even a single drive by in an unmarked squad car or tear gas canister.
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