Minnesota Independent:
Youth in iconic RNC protest photo beaten by police, according to his mother:

I received the devastating phone call from my son. He called to let me know that he had been beaten badly by the police, was arrested and brought to the Juvenile Detention Center and with little explanation, was released. My son has never been in trouble with the law, he is a practicing Buddhist who is dedicated to peaceful resolutions to any problems and I could not imagine what could have possibly caused a police officer, much less FIVE police officers to assault him. [...] They immediately attacked him, throwing him to the ground, repeatedly kicking, beating, dragging and hitting him. He responded by protecting his body, only to be accused of resisting arrest. When he was escorted away from the scene he was heavily covered with blood, so the police officers used a shirt to cover his body, possibly to avoid media coverage of the attack. The officers subsequently arrested those that were within the area who attempted to defend our son. Apparently because the people within hearing distance responded to his screams during the attack, he was later told that he was being charged with felony conspiracy to incite a riot. Additionally, he was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and despite giving his correct name and telling the officers exactly where his wallet was in his backpack so they could see his id, providing false identification. However, I should add at this time that since he never had his Miranda rights read to him, was never offered a phone call nor were we, his parents, ever notified of his arrest or charges, and when we sought information from the Juvenile Division they refused to give it to us, and since he was not provided with any paperwork indicating what he was arrested for or ever arraigned in court before being released, we are not entirely certain what the charges against him are.
To our horror, despite his medical needs, he was released from the Juvenile Detention Center, into the darkness of night, alone, without a parent ever having been contacted, to a city that was unfamiliar to him, by the Ramsey County Juvenile Division. He was forced to borrow a stranger’s cell phone to call home.

Boot print on his back: photographs and video of 17 year old RNC protester after run-in with police. The video is of him peacefully participating in demonstrations earlier in the day.
Slideshow: Monday’s protest marches on the RNC
RNC: first blast of crowd-control weapons, many more to come
St. Paul Police Chief Harrington: ‘Cops did heroic work yesterday’. He confirmed that 283 people were arrested yesterday.

Campaign Silo:
Media misconstrue peaceful RNC protest
At least 284 RNC protesters arrested
The revolution will be Twittered This is one I'm going to be coming back to when all this is over and I have time to teach and write about this.

The UpTake continue to do a bang-up job, with more video than I can comprehensively link:
City and Police on arrests following the RNC protest march - part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Scenes from the RNC Free Speech Zone
“We’ve been arrested”; adventures in reporting at the RNC
Cop attacked
Journalists trapped between police, protesters, pyrotechnics
Those are just the edited stories. You can find more streaming and raw footage on their Qik page and YouTube channel.

Twin Cities Daily Planet:
RNC protest highlights need for new priorities
Amy Goodman and other journalists arrested in St. Paul
Score card: police raid and protests. Another link round-up that contains some sources not linked here, all listed in chronological order from the first raids on.
Tear gas fired into crowd at Kellogg, MnIndy reporter hit
RNC by the numbers: more than 150 jailed on Day 1
St. Paul’s High Bridge closure leaves only one route across Mississippi

Other outlets:

Crooks and Liars: Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman arrested with updates and commentary
Kevin D. Henricks’ Flickr set
The Adventures of Johnny Northside: (Minor) mayhem in the streets
Birdchick Blog: Swept up in the RNC riot, which somehow includes an appearance of Klondike Kate.
Metroblogging Minneapolis: RNC roundup: Labor Day
Breaking Down: My First Protest, Part 1, and Part 2.
Comedy Central’s Indecision 2008 blog: A lovely afternoon stroll through the police state of St. Paul, MN. In other words, Comedy Central is noticing — in a snarky and unhelpful way, but hey, it’s still at least a mention — what the mainstream media will still barely acknowledge.
That being said:
Slate: The peace-loving, road-blocking, window-smashing protesters at the RNC
Thousands protest poverty, homelessness as GOP meet

Tags: rnc, rncprotests, stpaul