Variety's Ted Johnson: Arrested in St. Paul!

Most of the demonstrators started heading back from where they came, and headed south on Marion Street. It was here that a flash bomb struck just at my feet, to which I shouted, along with other reporters, “Media!” What I did not hear — either in the confusion or because my ears were ringing temporarily from the explosive — was an officer who told the crowd, “This is the police department. The main method of leaving is south bound.