Thousands Nationwide Protest Bush
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WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of people called the Bush administration's
policies a crime and held up yellow police tape along a three-block
stretch in front of the White House on Thursday as part of a
nationwide day of protest against the president.
"We are turning the corner in bringing forward a mass movement of
resistance to drive out the Bush regime," said organizer Travis Morales
with the activist group World Can't Wait.
Thousands of protesters clogged New York City's streets as they
marched from the United Nations headquarters. Some people lay down
in the middle of the street, while others carried signs saying
"Expose 9/11" and "This war should be over." They also handed out
fliers reading, "Drive out the Bush regime."
The march through Seattle's streets was peaceful as protesters chanted,
waved signs and wore costumes mocking administration officials.
One woman dressed as a pageant queen with a sash that read, "I Miss America."
In Portland, Ore., at least seven people were detained because they
did not follow police instruction to get out of the street during a
protest march through downtown.
Hundreds marched in Los Angeles, carrying caskets draped in U.S. flags
to a federal courthouse, where protesters held a mock marriage of church
and state.
Dozens of University of North Carolina students walked out of classes in
Asheville, N.C. In Chicago, thousands of people flooded Michigan Avenue
waving anti-Bush signs.
In Reno, Nev., Rick Strandlof with World Can't Wait said his
coalition opposes "the Bush regime's record of corruption, fear,
incompetence and tyranny."
"We are at a defining moment for this country and our people," he said.
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