Tense NY Convention Seen for Protesters, Police
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Activists and police are preparing for a tense standoff and possible violence on New York streets when hundreds of thousands gather to decry the Iraq war and Bush administration polices during the Republican convention.
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On the eve of the Republican National Convention, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Manhattan to speak out against the Bush administration and the war in Iraq.
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Los Angeles Times - NEW YORK &#8212; More than 100,000 demonstrators flooded the streets of Manhattan on Sunday in a strong show of opposition to President Bush and the war in Iraq as this city geared up for the Republican National Convention.
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Opponents of President Bush are planning massive protests in New York City during the Republican National Convention, which begins the last week of August. Organizers predict that protesters will far outnumber the 5,000 Republican delegates, who will be ...
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Nearly 1,000 protesters were arrested across Manhattan on Tuesday as swarms of activists massed in the streets for marches to the site of the Republican convention &#151; by far the biggest day of arrests since the demonstrations began last week.
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Brimming with frustration, antiwar protesters are coming to next week&#39;s Republican National Convention, and New York is bracing itself.
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New York City expects protests at next week&#39;s Republican National Convention to be the most widespread and strident to hit any political convention since Chicago in 1968, when the Democrats nominated Hubert H. Humphrey over Eugene McCarthy at the height
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NEW YORK - Police braced for a day of civil disobedience Tuesday after an ugly turn in relations between convention protesters and the thousands of officers assigned to police them.    A march from the United Nations to Madison Square Garden ended in violence Monday after a protester attacked a plainclothes detective on a scooter, knocking him unconscious...
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Protesters and federal agents are using new tools to communicate with cohorts during the Republican National Convention.
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In the ramp-up to the Republican convention, police and security agencies are putting on a show of force designed to give terrorists pause.
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Protesters have used legitimate credentials, often obtained from delegates, to get into Madison Square Garden for the Republican National Convention, a law enforcement official said Thursday.
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New York Police arrested more than 900 people late on Tuesday as anti-Bush activists blocked traffic, staged anti-war protests and harassed Republican delegates on the second day of a convention to nominate President Bush to a second term.
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Demonstrations and protests bubbled up around New York again Wednesday, as thousands of people formed a symbolic unemployment line extending 3 1/2 miles from Wall Street to within yards of the Republican National Convention.
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Republicans are gathering in New York for their party&#39;s national convention, as demonstrators prepare to march through the city to protest the war in Iraq.
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Tens-of-thousands of protesters are marching past Madison Square Garden, in mid-town New York, where the Republican presidential nominating convention begins Monday.
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Hundreds of protesters arrested during the 2004 Republican National Convention were held for up to six times longer than those arrested on charges unrelated to the convention, according to city documents made public Thursday.
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New York -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg is offering an olive branch, and some good shopping deals, to protesters planning to descend on New York for the Republican National Convention at the end of the month.