07:51 PM Officer has powered on the LRAD (sound weapon) device, pointing it west. volume is at minimum. It has not been deployed yet.
07:48 PM ANSWER rally taking up two blocks; not moving anywhere. A group of pro-Bush Protest Warriors in moving toward the ANSWER rally and is at 36th and 9th Ave.
07:41 PM Police have penned the south side of Union Sq.
07:30 PM 1500 people now in Union Sq. Large police presence but fairly chill so far. Bike police on all corners. As it gets dark the crowd seems to be getting more excited and larger, still fesitve atmosphere.
07:12 PM There are 100-200 people at 29th St. and 8th Ave in the ANSWER pen. There are several hundred people in Union Sq. Reports of law enforcement with semi-automatic weapons at 34th St. and 7th Ave.
06:56 PM Police have moved 20 vans around Union Square and are now going west on 14th St.
06:42 PM Receiving reports that an LRAD (sound weapon) is present at north side of Union Square.
06:39 PM Reports of a police provocateur outside 100 Center St. Spirited speech by the NLG also outside 100 Center St.
06:26 PM St. James and Pearl (R6 on the People's Guide to the RNC) is the location where detainees are picking up property. Many police there; would be good to have media there too.
Location directly east of the Courthouse.
Gergen said last night that Maddox was his "mentor."