Police prepare for rowdy protests on convention's last day
BOSTON Despite three peaceful days on the streets of Boston, police are expecting the worst from protesters today, the fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention. Police Commissioner Kathleen O'Toole says that demosntrators typicaly look for the bigegst audience. That will be today, when John Kerry accepts his party's nomination for president, capping the convention.
Already, the Boston-area Black Tea Society, an ad hoc group of anarchists and anti-authority activists formed last year to oppose the D-N-C, has called for what it calls quote "decentralized direct action" today.
The group does not advocate violence, but encourages demonstrators to hold street protests regardless of whether they have secured permits from the city.
O'Toole says the same number of officers will be on duty Thursday as have been on all week.
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