Though the crowd is shrinking, protesters continued to make a presence outside the U.S. Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota on Tuesday.
The day's major protest attracted some 500 people, no match of Monday's rally that gathered 10,000 protesters. Two people were arrested.
The first person detained was surrounded by about 15 mounted police and an equal number of riot police and taken away. The arrest resulted in numerous verbal confrontations between police and demonstrators, resulting in the second arrest.
Policemen block the street near the Republican National Convention meeting place in St. Paul, Minnesota of the U.S., on Sept. 2, 2008.Though the crowd is shrinking, protesters continued to make a presence outside the U.S. Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Zhang Yan) Following the second arrest, hundreds of people surrounded the mounted police officers. At least one mounted patrol officer backed his horse into the crowd to push them back, hitting several bystanders, including a couple TV photographers. There were no apparent injuries.
A protestor is detained by policemen during the protest in St. Paul, Minnesota of the U.S., on Sept. 2, 2008. (Xinhua/Zhang Yan) As the arrests were being made, the crowd started chanting "Let them go. Let them go" and waving their fists. An earlier confrontation with police happened when officers in riot gear confiscated placards held up with wooden sticks. Bob Tammem, 66, of Soudan, Minnesota, had an "Impeach Bush" sign held up with stick painted red, white and blue that police took.
Source:Xinhua
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