"F--k the police!"
Police faced off with crowds of protesters outside the Republican National Convention, arresting 396 people after using tear gas and percussion grenades to turn them back.
An officer in riot gear pushes back a protester near the Minnesota Capitol on Thursday.
An officer in riot gear pushes back a protester near the Minnesota Capitol on Thursday.
Protesters who had gathered near the state capitol, about a mile from the site of the convention, were repeatedly cut off as they tried to march to the convention center.
Thursday's arrests brought the total for the week to 818, authorities said.
Police used tear gas when dozens of marchers -- most in their 20s, some chanting "F--k the police! F--k the police! F--k 'em!" -- tried to cross a bridge leading to the Xcel Center convention site after being warned not to.
FULL STORY at CNN
An officer in riot gear pushes back a protester near the Minnesota Capitol on Thursday.
An officer in riot gear pushes back a protester near the Minnesota Capitol on Thursday.
Protesters who had gathered near the state capitol, about a mile from the site of the convention, were repeatedly cut off as they tried to march to the convention center.
Thursday's arrests brought the total for the week to 818, authorities said.
Police used tear gas when dozens of marchers -- most in their 20s, some chanting "F--k the police! F--k the police! F--k 'em!" -- tried to cross a bridge leading to the Xcel Center convention site after being warned not to.
FULL STORY at CNN
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