Anarchists Discussed Kidnapping Republican Delegates, Beating Police Officer

The sheriff's department in Ramsey County, Minnesotta had started surveilance about one year ago on a group that was known as the Republican National Welcoming Committee. During the course of the surveilance on the group, the department collected enough evidence against the group to get a search warrent on two homes and a temporary office in St Paul. 

According to the document that was released by the sherriffs deparment, the group has discussed kidnapping delegates, blockading bridges, using sprayers of urine and marbles to slow the police. the document also goes on to say that the main goal of the group was to "crash the Republican National Convention. When six of the group members were arrested, the investigators found a video that was labeled "Video map of the St Paul points of interest".

Other sources state that the group held 2 meetings before that attracted about 150 - 200 people to each gathering, where they discussed ways to disrupt the convention. According to the document, members of the group did role playing to practice using concrete filled tubes to block streets during the protests.

The investigation came to a culmination when the sheriffs raided two Minneapolis homes and the RNC Welcoming Committees group headquarters in St Paul. In total, seven people were arrested in the investigation, while six are being held in jail and the seventh was released pending further investigation.