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Vendaval -> RE: Violent Peace Protests (9/3/2008 7:08:43 PM)
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General Reply -
From the news reports, about 200-300 people are the ones causing the violence. And they are not affilated with nor recognized by the groups organizing the protests.
"GOP convention protest arrests tally nearly 300"
By MARTIGA LOHN and JON KRAWCZYNSKI, Associated Press Writers
Wed Sep 3, 11:09 AM ET
ST. PAUL, Minn
"The majority of protestors are doing so peacefully, about 2,000 in the poverty march and about 10,000 in the anti-war march.
"Police estimated about 2,000 people took part in the poverty march, which lasted about three hours. It ended near the convention arena with police using tear gas and flash-bang grenades to disperse protesters they said were trying to get past security fences, said Tom Walsh, a St. Paul police spokesman.
The arrests Tuesday came a day after violence erupted following a largely peaceful anti-war march by some 10,000 people. Afterward, police blamed a splinter group of about 200 for harassing delegates, smashing windows, puncturing car tires, throwing bottles and starting at least one fire.
The RNC Welcoming Committee, a self-described anarchist group that has worked for months planning convention disruptions, claimed success in e-mails to its members and media. "The spectacle has been crashed!" read one.
That group wasn't officially connected with the organizers of either march."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_convention_protests_24
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