The Poor People's March, that began at Mears Park and ended at the Xcel Center. (Brendon Scherer)
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Images from the Ripple Effect Concert at the State Capitol and the latter part of the march by the Poor People's Economic Campaign for Human Rights.
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Dead Pres in concert.
I thought this had an interesting contrast.
A man that had set his prayer mat in front of the globe and began to pray.
Not sure exactly what it is, but it was really cool.
A young man doing an abstract painting of the convention.
Poor People's March.
Poor People's March.
Poor People's March.
The police had a plethora of different types of vehicles at their disposal. This is a list including but not limited to, the vehicles the police/SS/Military used during the convention: Chevy Suburban, Dodge Durango, Ford E-Series vans, Chrysler 300C's, Chevy Impala's, Ford Crown Victoria's, Honda Mini-vans, Dodge Mini-vans, Ford Mini-vans, and Dodge Charger's.
Police/SWAT/Secret Service/Military doing surveillance of the crowd during the concert.
Two men being randomly searched by officers.
In this picture the police were doing some planning of some sort. I'm sure it had something to do with controlling of the protest. Although when I tried to get close to take a picture, they made their circle tighter.
National Guard.