Anarchists in Raleigh, NC

Infoshop, an anarchist web site, republishes an AP story about an anarchist group trashing Republican headquarters in downtown Raleigh, NC (my hometown), introducing it with their own gloss on events:

In a Reclaim the Streets style demonstration late last night about 100 anarchists marched down Hillsborough Street in Raleigh North Carolina, behind several anarchist, anti-capitalist, and revolutionary banners.

Anarchists on Hillsborough Street? Wow, Raleigh has changed. (There used to be some punks and wannabees over by the university, which come to think of it is on Hillsborough Street, but this is new stuff.)

Here's updated coverage of the story from the Raleigh News and Observer. A few arrests have apparently been made, thanks to some resourceful residents in a nearby neighborhood:

Hearing a commotion, John Robbins and a neighbor captured and detained three protesters until police arrived.

"I found them between the garages taking off their black clothes," Robbins said, adding that one of the female protesters bit him on the shoulder.