"NYC Police Arrest Nearly 1,000 Protesters" plus the Shut-up-athon

NEW YORK (AP) - Wielding metal barriers and orange netting, police struggled to contain swarms of anti-GOP protesters on the second day of the Republican National Convention, eventually arresting nearly 1,000 demonstrators with their sights set on a fortress-like Madison Square Garden.

More protests were planned for Wednesday, including a "symbolic unemployment line" stretching from Wall Street to Madison Square Garden and an evening rally in Central Park's East Meadow.

Police said 970 people were arrested on Tuesday, and more than 1,500 people have been arrested in convention-related protests since late last week. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the city's police officers "have shown great restraint in the face of relentless provocation."

Protests flared Tuesday outside the New York Public Library, near the site of the fallen World Trade Center and in the historic Herald and Union squares.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20040901/D84QO8500.html

They have had to deal with very aggresive cops, penning, netting, and arrests. And every now and then the cops pull out the sticks and march through a crowd to menace them.

...but the NYC police may be breaking NYC's http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2293112">sf-424 agreement by its actions over the last few days.