The first wave of demonstrators makes its way toward Madison Square Garden during anti-Bush march organized by United for Peace and Justice in New York Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004.
A man is handcuffed by police across the street from Madison Square Garden before anti-Bush march in New York Sunday, Aug. 29. The man was questioned and released.
A man dressed as a bomb joins the march by the United for Peace and Justice group along Seventh Avenue in New York Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004.
Members of the "Republican Freak Show" depict aliens who abducted Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. They draw crowds at the start of a massive march on August 29, 2004 in New York City.
Pall bearers of the group "United Now for Peace" march down New York's Seventh Avenue representing each of those who died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The protest took place on August 29, 2004.
A protester dons a President George Bush flight-suit costume complete with a "Halliburton" helmet. He is one of thousands protesting on the eve of the Republican National Convention August 29, 2004.
New York City policemen are on guard one block away from Madison Square Garden on the eve of the Republican National Convention Sunday, August 29, 2004.
Young protester Jon Sack joins the United for Peace and Justice march towards Madison Square Garden on August 29, 2004.
Bush supporter Chris Warren holds a sign attacking the Kerry-Edwarts campaign as activists march past the GOP convention site.
A Ku Klux Klan-costumed protester wears the face mask of U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, holding pictures of the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. He is part of the massive protest in New York City, August 29, 2004.
Protesters chant "what democracy looks like" picketing through the streets near the site of the Republican National Convention August 29, 2004.
Flight-suited members of the "Republican Clown Convention" mock the Bush administration for waging the war in Iraq under what they call unjustified conditions.
Protesters storm past Madison Square Garden, the site of the Republican National Convention on its eve August 29, 2004.
Citing a need for "sound domestic policy," a protester paraded through the streets of New York City disguised as Vice President Dick Cheney. He marched with the anti-war group United for Peace and Justice on August 29, 2004.
Protesters of the GOP convention act as "pall bearers" carrying coffins down New York City's Seventh Avenue to represent the amount of people dying in war.
A sign bearing a "Stop Bush" message contrasts with the welcome sign on Madison Square Garden, one day before the GOP convention begins in New York.
Diners at a restaurant near the GOP convention site watch protesters march past the GOP-welcoming windows August 29, 2004.
A Bush supporter challenges thousands of protesters marching past Madison Square Garden on the eve of the Republican National Convention August 29, 2004.
Pink-clad protesters of the anti-war group "Code Pink" march down 34th Street in New York, the neighborhood of the Republican National Convention August 29, 2004.
People aren't the only ones protesting on the eve of the Republican National Convention. One group unleashed "Piggy Piggy GOP" on the masses marching toward Madison Square Garden, August 29, 2004.