2016 March 4 Our Lives DNC Protest 41
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 25, 2016. March 4 Our Lives protest. Around 5,000 activists aligned with various social justice, peace and environmental groups marched from City Hall to the Wells Fargo Center to protest the long ongoing hijacking of the Democratic Party by corporatist/militarist elements loyal to the Clinton family. Thousands of emails released by Wikileaks just days before exposed collusion between the corporate media and the DNC to sabotage the insurgent and nearly successful Sander's "political revolution". On Sunday, July 24 In the wake of this scandal DNC chairwomen Debbie Wasserman-Shultz announced her resignation. After being booed off stage at a meeting of her Florida delegation on Monday morning she also cancelled all of her other speaking events at the convention.
Interactions between the marchers and the Philadelphia Police were generally respectful and peaceful*. According to later reports on the ground around 50 demonstrators were arrested when they staged a peaceful civil disobedience sit-in in front of the Wells Fargo Center.
*TeleSur reporter Abby Martin was roughed-up and cuffed by cops for accidentally entering a 'no go' zone where credentials she did not have were required. Martin claims she complied with all police orders but was arrested anyway.
2016 March 4 Our Lives DNC Protest 41
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 25, 2016. March 4 Our Lives protest. Around 5,000 activists aligned with various social justice, peace and environmental groups marched from City Hall to the Wells Fargo Center to protest the long ongoing hijacking of the Democratic Party by corporatist/militarist elements loyal to the Clinton family. Thousands of emails released by Wikileaks just days before exposed collusion between the corporate media and the DNC to sabotage the insurgent and nearly successful Sander's "political revolution". On Sunday, July 24 In the wake of this scandal DNC chairwomen Debbie Wasserman-Shultz announced her resignation. After being booed off stage at a meeting of her Florida delegation on Monday morning she also cancelled all of her other speaking events at the convention.
Interactions between the marchers and the Philadelphia Police were generally respectful and peaceful*. According to later reports on the ground around 50 demonstrators were arrested when they staged a peaceful civil disobedience sit-in in front of the Wells Fargo Center.
*TeleSur reporter Abby Martin was roughed-up and cuffed by cops for accidentally entering a 'no go' zone where credentials she did not have were required. Martin claims she complied with all police orders but was arrested anyway.