As Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was calling the Democratic National Convention to order, there was quite a bit of disorder just outside. The Democrats might have built their own border wall around the perimeter of the facility, but as The Daily Beast’s Tim Mak reported, protesters took advantage of that limited access to stage a sit-in around the entrance.
Chaos outside convention as demonstrators block entrance through sit-in pic.twitter.com/H2uOmxo91w
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) July 25, 2016
Protesters staging a sit in in front of Wells Fargo Center. Chant: "We demand the DNC fix democracy!" pic.twitter.com/gaEZHMUPh0
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) July 25, 2016
Protesters staging a sit in to block entrance to #DNCinPHL from the street pic.twitter.com/Q6EAoxzqsC
— daniel shular (@xshularx) July 25, 2016
Breaking: Protestors have begun a sit in, in front of AT&T station, blocking delegates. Police on scene #DNCinPHL pic.twitter.com/OzGlMl8BpX
— Bell Tree Production (@BellTreePro) July 25, 2016
After some wrangling with the ACLU over the original plan, the Republicans at least managed to maintain some sort of “security zone” around Quicken Loans Arena while protesters had free run of nearby Public Square. Ironically, the Democrats’ border fence seems to be working against them.
@timkmak Hahahaha, have fun with the monster you built, Democrats! I thought Republicans were the mess.
— Joshua Seidel (@Hazarmaveth1) July 25, 2016
@timkmak Democrats got what they deserve, they created this monster, now deal with it!
— Capitalist (@Striker_VA) July 25, 2016
Chants of "Lock Her Up" among Bernie demonstrators blocking DNC entrance
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) July 25, 2016
“Lock her up?” Have any journalists fainted yet? That sounds like some sort of modern-day witch hunt. For the sake of the children, cut to whatever’s going on inside. A performance by ’90s boy band sensation Boyz II Men? Now that’s news.
CNN cuts from outdoor sit-in blocking delegates from convention to show Boyz II Men performing "Motownphilly."
— Max Resnik (@meresnik) July 25, 2016
CNN legit just cut from Democracy Spring's sit-in to catch Boyz II Men. is this real life ?? #DemConvention
— Ian McKenna (@Ian_McK_) July 25, 2016
Hey, @CNN. I love Boyz II Men but I was more curious about what's going on OUTSIDE!! More on that! #DemocracySpring
— Perez (@ThePerezHilton) July 25, 2016
You mean the Adultz II Children tantrum?
