ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 31 (UPI) -- About 500 anti-war protesters marched in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday where the Republican National Convention will be staged, with police arresting nine of them.
The rally, led by Veterans for Peace, trouped from the state Capitol to the Xcel Center several blocks away behind a flag-draped coffin, the Star Tribune reported. As they neared a security fence, organizers announced that those who wanted to perform an act of civil disobedience could turn left, the Minneapolis newspaper said.