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From www.newsblaze.com out of California:

Nader Volunteer, State Party Official Beaten By Police At GOP Convention

MINNEAPOLIS – A volunteer with the Ralph Nader for President campaign – and an official of the Peace and Freedom Party California State Central Committee – was beaten by police and hospitalized at the Republican National Convention here in what party leaders condemned as a “brutal assault on Barry Burgess and our liberties.”

Burgess, elected to the Peace and Freedom Party Contra Costa County Central Committee and state committee in June, was attacked distributing literature for the Ralph Nader for President campaign, according to Kevin Akin, California State Chair, Peace and Freedom Party. Atkins statement follows:

“Barry Burgess was handing out literature for Peace and Freedom presidential candidate Ralph Nader (and) was the subject of an unprovoked attack by club-wielding police, who inflicted head injuries and arrested him… he was treated at a hospital and released, and is now recovering at a Nader supporter’s home…

“We anxiously await further word on the condition of Barry Burgess, and hope that enough complaints are received by Minneapolis officials to restrain the savage excesses of their police tonight and tomorrow. We also hope that this brutal attack on Barry Burgess and our liberties inspires Americans to examine the real actions and positions of the presidential candidates on freedom of speech and free assembly.”

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