Via Allah:
Via LGF:
Meanwhile, for some reason the New York Daily News feels that visiting Republicans need a lesson in 9/11 sympathy.
For not actually being in New York, Allah is providing some excellent coverage of the convention. Must be that omniscient thing. Keep an eye on his blog for more.
Update:
It looks like the NYPD may have gotten a tad over-zealous with the bicycle-protest arrests. I hate to monday-quarterback law enforcement, but 30 hours for a misdemeanor arrest seems a little extreme.
Update 2:
It looks like tensions are growing, and the convention has even officially started yet.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police arrested up to 60 protesters who assembled in Times Square at dusk chanting anti-Bush slogans after hundreds of thousands had marched in Manhattan to decry the president's policies before the Republican convention begins on Monday...
"Republican murderers go home and kill your babies!" one young man yelled at theatergoers, a far cry from local public service messages urging New Yorkers to "make nice" to party delegates in the city for the four-day convention, where Bush will be nominated for another four-year term.
A second protester shoved a middle-aged woman in a black cocktail dress, shouting:
"Bitch, go home! We don't want you here!" At one point, police cordoned off a city block after several dozen demonstrators jeered and razzed the incoming audience.
"We were talking to delegates as they came by. We were very calm," said Brendan, 23, an organic farmer from upstate New York, adding he was thumbing his nose at the crowd with other hecklers before police intervened. "You do anything a little out of the ordinary here and they arrest you."
It seems like a good way to avoid catching the attention of the police would be to stop calling people "bitches" and "murderers."