Texas Insider Report: CHARLOTTE N.C. The group apparently left the Occupy Charlotte camp in Marshall Park about 11 p.m. walking on McDowell & Davidson Streets before marching back to camp around 12:10 a.m.. An anti-war march at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday led to a standoff with the police one arrest and ultimately a peaceful protest through the streets of Charlotte.
About 200 protesters began the march with tensions quickly rising when the police formed a barricade in the middle of an intersection a few blocks from the convention site. Hundreds of police officers surrounded the protesters and John Rhodes Penley 60 of Asheville N.C. was arrested as he tried to climb over a police bicycle being used to block the demonstration.
He was charged with breaching a police line and barricade. Mr. Penley who said he was a Navy veteran had been carrying an American flag at the front of the protest.
We want Bradley Manning freed said Penley as he was handcuffed a reference to the Army intelligence analyst charged with disclosing more than 260000 diplomatic cables many of them classified in an inquiry into the WikiLeaks disclosures.
A large force of bicycle-riding officers quickly surrounded the protesters keeping them on the streets while preventing them from walking through residential areas of northeast Charlotte. More officers carrying batons and zip-tie handcuffs also walked with the march.
Some two hours later after both sides had been soaked by a rain shower and the number of protesters dwindled Police Chief Rodney Monroe met briefly with protesters and demonstrators were allowed to continue marching through Charlotte while surrounded by police officers.
But some protesters chanted and shouted at police. At some points protesters stopped to taunt officers who formed a line with their bicycles. One woman stood facing a line of officers and pulled a bandana up over her mouth and nose.
This is what a police state looks like!" they yelled. Police everywhere justice nowhere!" At times they broke into obscenities: ---- the police!" and ---- the DNC!"
Onlookers near the convention mostly watched and took pictures. One supporter of President Obama confronted some of the protesters along the way but there was no altercation. During the march the police continued to negotiate with protesters who were allowed to choose their route as they chanted Free Bradley Manning arrest Barack Obama.
They did not attempt to get close to the convention site which is heavily barricaded.
To be perfectly frank they waited until we had about a third to a quarter of our numbers and they had 
more of the ragged folk which means that were more of a side show and less of a unified voice said John Murdock 37 who lives in New York Citys East Village neighborhood. So what they did was smart.
The protesters eventually returned to their Occupy encampment in Marshall Park.
It was the second confrontation with the police in two days the Charlotte Observer reported. Police stopped protesters late Monday night as well.
A large force of bicycle-riding officers quickly surrounded the protesters keeping them on the streets while preventing them from walking through residential areas of northeast Charlotte. More officers carrying batons and zip-tie handcuffs also walked with the march.
Some two hours later after both sides had been soaked by a rain shower and the number of protesters dwindled Police Chief Rodney Monroe met briefly with protesters and demonstrators were allowed to continue marching through Charlotte while surrounded by police officers.
But some protesters chanted and shouted at police. At some points protesters stopped to taunt officers who formed a line with their bicycles. One woman stood facing a line of officers and pulled a bandana up over her mouth and nose.
This is what a police state looks like!" they yelled. Police everywhere justice nowhere!" At times they broke into obscenities: ---- the police!" and ---- the DNC!"
Onlookers near the convention mostly watched and took pictures. One supporter of President Obama confronted some of the protesters along the way but there was no altercation. During the march the police continued to negotiate with protesters who were allowed to choose their route as they chanted Free Bradley Manning arrest Barack Obama.
They did not attempt to get close to the convention site which is heavily barricaded.
To be perfectly frank they waited until we had about a third to a quarter of our numbers and they had more of the ragged folk which means that were more of a side show and less of a unified voice said John Murdock 37 who lives in New York Citys East Village neighborhood. So what they did was smart.
The protesters eventually returned to their Occupy encampment in Marshall Park.
It was the second confrontation with the police in two days the Charlotte Observer reported. Police stopped protesters late Monday night as well.
