Philadelphia police spokespeeople call the allegations a mixture of exaggerations, half-truths and flat-out lies, but protesters’ reports of police brutality seem widespread and consistent. Salon The Philadelphia Independent Media Center (IMC)is a collective of journalists and independent media organizations continuing to cover the condition of the jailed protesters. The LA IMC is up and running with pre-convention coverage of ‘D2K.’ And the Boston IMC notes that organizing for a response to the first major Presidential debate, scheduled for Bsoton on October 3, is proceeding. And a disorganized group of hackers helped reporters cover police activity around the convention. Wired