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Verfasst am: Sa Sep 06, 2008 4:06 pm Titel: 250 Protesters Arrested Before McCain’s Speech! |
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250 Protesters Arrested Before McCain’s Speech!
St. Paul
06/09/08
Police arrested 250 anti-war protesters on Thursday shortly before John McCain accepted the Republican presidential nomination at the party’s convention a short distance away. The peaceful protest, dubbed ‘No Peace for the War makers’, drew nearly 1,000 people who had planned to march to the downtown convention hall where the Republicans met.
Marchers chanted “Who is the terrorist? McCain is the terrorist” as they tried to cross several bridges that span Interstate 94 into downtown St. Paul, but were blocked by police.
After several standoffs, police in riot gear ordered the protesters to disperse.
Officers used flash grenades and teargas after two hours to herd them onto a bridge one mile from the convention hall. “You are all under arrest,” a police officer told the crowd as officers on horseback and bicycles advanced.
While McCain spoke to a cheering Republican crowd downtown, police escorted the handcuffed protesters onto waiting city buses.
Several journalists were among those arrested.
“At some point even a journalist has to recognise that they are in violation of the law and they have to make a decision — are they going to get arrested or are they going to cover it from a distance?” St. Paul Police spokesman Tom Walsh said at the scene.
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