Unity! Protesters hold sit-in outside DNC to block delegates from entering

Brett T. | 5:06 PM on July 25, 2016

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 Productions (@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.

https://twitter.com/Hazarmaveth1/status/757672869430194177

https://twitter.com/Striker_VA/status/757672890770874369