CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Activists from the Occupy Wall Street movement took to the streets for one final evening of demonstrations as President Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party nomination for a second term Thursday evening.
Protesters — encircled by their police escort, with a helicopter overhead — ended the evening by burning copies of the presidential oath of office while backed up against the cage of Charlotte’s temporarily designated “free speech zone” on the edge of the downtown area.
The act was in protest to Obama’s presidency, and those of his predecessors. The protesters were not allowed to enter the Democratic National Convention.
Prior to the torching, two protesters at the head of the crowd donned masks — one of Republican nominee Mitt Romney, the other of Obama.
Other acts during the three-hour protest included the use of a projector to display messages against the outside walls of various buildings along the parade route. One of the messages read, “Fuck the DNC, Fuck the RNC.”
Protesters also wielded numerous anti-capitalist signs and chanted slogans.
The evening concluded two weeks of protests which began in Tampa, Fla., outside the Republican National Convention.
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An Occupy DNC protester wearing a President Obama mask burns a copy of the presidential oath of office during the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 6, 2012. (Photo: Josh Peterson / The Daily Caller)
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An Occupy DNC protester burns a copy of the presidential oath of office in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 6, 2012. (Photo: Josh Peterson / The Daily Caller)
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Slogans are projected onto a wall at the Occupy protest in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 6, 2012. (Photo: Josh Peterson / The Daily Caller)
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A police helicopter hovers over the heads of policemen and protesters in Charlotte, N.C., at the Democratic National Convention Sept. 6, 2012. (Photo: Grae Stafford / The Daily Caller)
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