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Anti war protesters fight with anti abortion protesters { July 25 2004 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20040725_1094.html http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20040725_1094.html http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-cvn-protest,1,6718576.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines Two Protest Groups Clash Near DNC Center Anti-War and Anti-Abortion Protesters Clash Near Democratic Convention Center in Boston The Associated Press BOSTON July 25, 2004 — Delegates arriving for the Democratic National Convention were greeted Sunday by competing protests against the war in Iraq and abortion. About 2,000 protesters gathered at noon on the historic Boston Common, site of many of the city's most memorable demonstrations. After about two hours there, they marched half a mile to the FleetCenter, where Democrats plan to nominate hometown candidate John Kerry for president on Wednesday. "This is just the beginning of a week of protests," said Larry Holmes, spokesman for Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, a coalition of activist groups that staged the march. Several blocks away, about 1,000 anti-abortion advocates gathered at Faneuil Hall, the historic meeting house where patriots gathered before the American Revolution, and set off on their own march to the FleetCenter. The two groups crossed paths at an intersection and exchanged angry words. A brief scuffle broke out between some of the peace demonstrators and a man carrying a graphic anti-abortion sign. The man was pushed to the ground and his shirt was torn but he appeared unhurt. Some of the anti-abortion marchers lay in the street but soon stood up at the request of the police, and the two marches continued their separate ways following a few minutes of confusion. Two people were taken into custody but police said the Secret Service did not release their names immediately. A woman was arrested near Faneuil Hall on disorderly conduct charges, the Secret Service said. An anti-war protester was taken into custody near City Hall for questioning but was not arrested, according to police and the Secret Service. About 30 state police officers wearing riot gear lined Beacon Street for the larger march, where the throng paraded behind a banner reading "Bring the troops home now." A half-dozen cruisers and 18 police vans followed slowly along the route. Representatives of the National Lawyers Guild and other civil libertarians also accompanied the march, wearing hats reading "legal observer." The diverse crowd ranged from teenagers to war veterans. They carried flags, banners and signs reading, "Health care, not warfare," and "Veterans for Peace." Gloria Pacis, a graphic artist from New York City, told the audience on the Common that her son, Stephen Funk, 22, refused to serve with the military in Iraq and spent five months in a military prison for it. "We have come here so that those trying to bring our votes come November can take a good look in our eyes and know that we won't be lied to again," Pacis said. Some protesters criticized the Bush administration and the decision to go to war in Iraq. "How dare we go into another country and tell them how to run it, how to make it better when we cannot even better our own government," said Christina Densmore, 31, of Springfield, Mass. "Our own people are dying." Associated Press writer Ken Maguire in Boston contributed to this report.

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