Arrest - 12TH STREET, RIVERSIDE, CA, UNITED STATES

2008-03-19

Police arrested more than a dozen people who crossed a barricade and blocked entrances at the Internal Revenue Service building, the start of a day of protests marking the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. A crowd gathered Wednesday morning outside the IRS headquarters, chanting "This is a Crime Scene" and "You're Arresting the Wrong People." A marching band led protesters down 12th Street near the National Mall and around the IRS building before demonstrators gathered at the entranc.Protesters blocked the main entrance for a time, but no federal workers appeared to be trying to use those doors. Police detained 13 people who sat down at a side entrance.

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