FOXNews.com - 20 Arrested in Demonstrations

Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Protesters (search)in pig snouts grunted and rolled in bogus $100 bills featuring a sneering Vice President Dick Cheney (search) on Tuesday as part of a day of civil disobedience aimed at deflating Republicans in town to celebrate their party's presidential ticket.

Outside the hotel where Texas Republicans were staying, about two dozen protesters calling themselves employees of 'Hallibacon' chanted: 'We love money. We love war. We love Cheney even more.' They accused Cheney and the company he once led of profiting from the war in Iraq.

Fourteen people were detained near Wall Street for blocking morning traffic. Another six protesters were arrested for wearing masks in a Harlem subway station, authorities said.

More than 500 people have been arrested in convention-related protests since late last week.

Relations between Republican National Convention (search) protesters and the thousands of New York City officers assigned to police them turned ugly Monday when a march from the United Nations to Madison Square Garden ended with a violent confrontation. Earlier, smaller demonstrations had focused on health care, civil rights, homelessness and other areas in which protesters say Republicans have failed the country.

A protester attacked and seriously injured a plainclothes detective, according to police and witnesses. Hundreds of police in riot gear swarmed the area, pushing protesters away from the Garden and into nearby side streets. Four other police officers suffered minor injuries during the scuffle.

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