Occupy Wall Street protests in uptown charlotte before the start of the DNC.

—Photo by Benjamin Lowy for Tumblr


Occupy the RNC march August 28, 2012

Photographs by Jayel Aheram.

“Tax Fairness” protesters outside the Huffington Post luncheon

Photographs by Jayel Aheram.

March on the RNC

Photograph by Eric Brown and Michela Martinanazzi.

Ron Paul supporters right outside the RNC

Photograph by Jayel Aheram.

Tampa Day One (Sort of): Protesters Take the Streets.

Clockwise from top: A RNC protester signals his displeasure with the Florida National Guard; demonstrators march in downtown Tampa; uniformed riot police stand ready in the pouring rain.

—Photos by Benjamin Lowy for Tumblr

First RNC-related arrests as protesters are found on rooftop garage with weapons

Two suspected protesters were arrested after they were found playing with a BB gun atop a downtown parking garage, authorities said.

They are the first arrests in the city tied to the Republican National Convention, which kicks off tonight with a huge welcome party at Tropicana Field.

St. Petersburg police spokesman Mike Puetz said the agency got a call late Thursday from a concerned citizen who saw people on the roof of a parking garage at 100 Second Ave. S.

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They also found several items indicating the people were protesters, including antigovernment T-shirts and a backpack stuffed with a large machete, a pocketknife, tin snips and a pry tool, Puetz said.

- Jayel

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Code Pink protesting at the RNC

Antiwar activists Code Pink march in Tampa to protest what they claim as the Republican Party’s “War on Women.”

Photographs from the Code Pink account on Twitter.

Are you participating in protests in Tampa? Send tips and photographs to jayel@aheram.com.

- Jayel