<strong>1992:</strong> Police officers at the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston arrest a demonstrator from La Resistencia, an organization protesting acts of violence against immigrants and the deportation of illegal immigrants. The demonstrators failed to adhere to rules keeping them inside a 35-acre protest site across from the Astrodome, where convention delegates gathered.
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1992: Police officers at the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston arrest a demonstrator from La Resistencia, an organization protesting acts of violence against immigrants and the deportation of illegal immigrants. The demonstrators failed to adhere to rules keeping them inside a 35-acre protest site across from the Astrodome, where convention delegates gathered.
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<strong>1999:</strong> Riot police march past a damaged Starbucks coffee shop during demonstrations against the World Trade Organization Summit in Seattle on November 30, 1999. Thousands of activists aimed to disrupt the WTO.
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1999: Riot police march past a damaged Starbucks coffee shop during demonstrations against the World Trade Organization Summit in Seattle on November 30, 1999. Thousands of activists aimed to disrupt the WTO.
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<strong>1999: </strong>A demonstrator covers her mouth with a scarf to protect herself from tear gas after street clashes with riot police in downtown Seattle during WTO protests.
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1999: A demonstrator covers her mouth with a scarf to protect herself from tear gas after street clashes with riot police in downtown Seattle during WTO protests.
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<strong>2000:</strong> Officers carry a protester to a van during the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Demonstrators committed various acts of civil disobedience, bringing traffic in Center City Philadelphia to a crawl.
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2000: Officers carry a protester to a van during the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Demonstrators committed various acts of civil disobedience, bringing traffic in Center City Philadelphia to a crawl.
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<strong>2004: </strong>Demonstrators at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York stage a die-in at Broadway and 30th Street.
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2004: Demonstrators at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York stage a die-in at Broadway and 30th Street.
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<strong>2004:</strong> The Democratic National Convention held in Boston in 2004 included unprecedented security. Police direct demonstrators toward their permitted protest area -- away from the FleetCenter, where the convention was held.
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2004: The Democratic National Convention held in Boston in 2004 included unprecedented security. Police direct demonstrators toward their permitted protest area -- away from the FleetCenter, where the convention was held.
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<strong>2004: </strong>Riot police stand ready inside the gates of Boston's FleetCenter, site of the Democratic National Convention, as protesters march past.
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2004: Riot police stand ready inside the gates of Boston's FleetCenter, site of the Democratic National Convention, as protesters march past.
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<strong>2012:</strong> Protesters march during the Republican National Convention on August 29 in Tampa, Florida. The group remained peaceful and was allowed to make its own route through the city.
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2012: Protesters march during the Republican National Convention on August 29 in Tampa, Florida. The group remained peaceful and was allowed to make its own route through the city.
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<strong>2012:</strong> Law enforcement officers are reflected in a storefront window as they clear a downtown street during a protest during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 28.
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2012: Law enforcement officers are reflected in a storefront window as they clear a downtown street during a protest during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 28.
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<strong>2012: </strong>Police officers face off with protesters blocking the road during a march outside the Charlotte (North Carolina) Convention Center on September 4, the first day of the Democratic National Convention.
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2012: Police officers face off with protesters blocking the road during a march outside the Charlotte (North Carolina) Convention Center on September 4, the first day of the Democratic National Convention.
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<strong>2012:</strong> In Charlotte, a police officer faces off with a protester blocking the road.
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2012: In Charlotte, a police officer faces off with a protester blocking the road.
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