More Arrests at Republican Convention in New York - Reuters

[WillyT]

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police arrested at least two dozen activists on Tuesday during an all-day wave of acts of civil disobedience and other demonstrations to protest the Republican convention in New York.

Seventeen protesters were arrested for illegally blocking traffic on foot or on bicycles in the Wall Street financial district and six were taken into custody for illegally wearing masks at a Harlem subway station, police said.

One man was arrested by about 10 police officers after he climbed a tree to obtain a better view of a rally by fellow immigration activists outside U.S. government offices, eyewitnesses said.

Since last Thursday, more than 570 people have been arrested in demonstrations across the city to protest the U.S.-led war in Iraq and other Bush administration policies.

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Link: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6116671

Plus: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x703843

And: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x704056

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[jackstraw45]

1. Numbers are pathetically low...100s getting arrested at MULTIPLE locations

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