50,000 protesters are expected to protest President Bush's stewardship and policies outside the Republican National Convention, the AP reports. Already, the protests have kicked off; RAW STORY reported the opening round of protests on Thursday. Paranoia set in among Republican conventioneers; one conservative columnist said the GOP should watch out for lusty ladies with AIDS.
Demonstrators took to the streets on Sunday to protest President Bush's foreign and domestic policies as Republican delegates gathered to nominate the president for a second term.
A day ahead of the start of the Republican National Convention, up to 250,000 demonstrators were expected to march up Seventh Avenue, past the Madison Square Garden convention site in midtown Manhattan. The protesters were denied a permit to demonstrate in Central Park, but many said they would go there anyway.
As the protesters gathered 20 blocks south of the convention site Sunday morning, New York police said more than 300 people had been arrested through Saturday night for disorderly conduct and convention-related incidents.
