Posted on 07/25/2016 3:42:15 PM PDT by randita
About nine people with the group Democracy Spring, protesting corruption in politics, climbed over a low metal police barricade and were arrested outside the entrance to the Democratic National Convention Monday afternoon.
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They were among throngs of demonstrators for a range of issues who clogged Broad Street in scorching heat near SEPTA'S AT&T station Monday afternoon, some of them sitting on a sidewalk in defiance of a line of officers.
For about an hour Monday afternoon, the heavy crowds also forced SEPTA to suspend the Broad Street Line between Oregon Avenue and AT&T station, where the conference attendees needed to go.
The protesters had trained for civil disobedience and said they were prepared to do "what's necessary" to protest a political system that they believe has become an oligarchy, according to protester Josephine Millard, a University of Washington student from New Jersey. They crowded into the metal barricade that police had placed between several hundred protesters and the entrance to the subway station.
Further back, 12-foot-high security fences lined the delegates' route into the convention.
Shortly after Millard spoke, another protester hoisted himself over the fence. Two police officers placed him in zip-tie handcuffs and led him off. The crowd continued to chant.
By mid-afternoon, nine people from convention-related events had been treated for heat illness, of whom three were taken to a hospital, said Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Senski.
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Move along folks, nothing to see...here...
Is she a porn star?
Police should ask the protesters if Blue Lives Matter.
Arrested? Really?! They were just "undocumented" convention attendees! They should get to vote as long as they are willing to sign affidavits (no photo ID required)! :)
Oh...imagine the smell of thousands of unbathed Bernbots in 100 degrees.
And just who was it that said we have children starving because of too many types of deodorant?
The Stench - “It’s For The Children”
Lol, as if they need anymore affirmation of this crowds belief system?
How does one get injured from heat? Is it a micro agressive sort of thing?
How does one get injured from heat? Is it a micro agressive sort of thing?
Lol! All those police around one woman. They’re probably arguing about who gets to frisk her.
Well, The Heat is 60s/70s slang for the police...and Bernie Sanders is like the original hippie socialist...stands to reason his posse of dispossessed ne’er do wells would reach way back in time..
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