by Gena Berglund, Legal Observer Program Coordinator

As Republicans meet to nominate their next candidate for president, Legal Observers and Videographers trained by the National Lawyers Guild will be “watching” as 20,000 to 60,000 protestors converge in the streets of Saint Paul. The Guild’s Legal Observer Program is training hundreds of legal observers and videographers to document, photograph and videotape civil rights and civil liberties violations during protests planned for September 1 to September 4. The next trainings will be held on Tuesday, June 17 from 7 pm to 8:30 pm, Merriam Park Library and Saturday, May 31, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Eau Claire Room of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Library in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Go here more information about the Guild’s Legal Observer Program.