Thousands protest the Republican National Convention

[peggygee]

ST. PAUL — Thousands of protesters, many of them demonstrating against the war in Iraq, marched on Monday through the streets outside the arena where the Republican National Convention is being held, with some smashing windows and battling with the police in clashes that led to more than 250 arrests.



Although most of the protesters were peaceful, the police used pepper spray and long wooden sticks to subdue some; several demonstrators also said police officers fired projectiles at them.

In one confrontation downtown, as several dozen demonstrators milled around and danced in the streets, police officers wearing helmets, padded vests and shin guards converged on the group. As the two sides faced off and tensions rose, the police squirted pepper spray into the crowd.




“I saw the cops shooting,” said a man who gave his name as Jude Ortiz. Orange foam lay on the pavement, along with a red cloth object the size of a finger that contained beads.

A commander in the St. Paul Police Department, Doug Holtz, said he knew nothing about projectiles being used near Jackson Street, where one of the most intense confrontations took place

[hondarobot]

It's all media hysteria. From what I've heard from people who were there (one of my sisters being one of them) it was pretty uneventful. The trouble that went down was by some "anarchist" kids waiting for the cameras to show up. It was a good show of protest, but nothing got out of control.

[lumberjack]

And the point of this thread is????

Didn't protesters show up at the DNC last week and clash with police, leading to arrests?

[peggygee]

And the point of this thread is????

Didn't protesters show up at the DNC last week and clash with police, leading to arrests?

10,000+ protested the Republican convention, and 200 protested
the Democratic convention

Denver News

Video: Morning DNC Protest Crowd Much Lower Than Expected


DNC Protest Crowd Much Lower Than Expected

For the second straight day, organizers of the resistance movement were disappointed with the low turnout. A crowd estimated at only 200 people marched in the "Free the political prisoners" march on Monday. The march started at Denver's Civic Center Park, went down the 16th Street Mall and eventually ended at the federal building.There were more onlookers than actually marchers.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...36/detail.html

[saifan]

And where the fuck were all these people in 2004?

[PapaGrande]

And where the fuck were all these people in 2004?

Anarchists don't vote.

Well, real anarchists don't vote, on the other hand they don't show up at political conventions and make asses out of themselves either.

[Solitary Brother]

Damn Im hearing these muthafuckas as going off over there!

[ottorocket]

Paging John Lennon to the blue courtesy phone.