Day 1: A small group of Bernie Sanders supporters protested outside the site of the 2020 DNC. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 17, 2020.
Day 1: Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 17, 2020.
Day 1: Extinction Rebellion America posted signs, danced and played music outside of the 2020 DNC in Milwaukee to press for action on climate change. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 17, 2020.
Day 1: Roads leading to the Wisconsin Center, site of the 2020 DNC, are closed, but foot traffic around the convention was light on the first day. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 17, 2020.
Day 1: A metal perimeter fence encircles the Wisconsin Center, the site of the 2020 Dem National Convention. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 17, 2020.
Day 1: Milwaukee Police officers and federal agents have been patrolling the convention perimeter using a variety of vehicles. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 17, 2020.
Day 1: The entire perimeter around the Dem National Convention in downtown Milwaukee has been blocked off with multiple layers of concrete barricades, metal fences, surveillance cameras and armed officers. Law enforcement officers were also spotted atop nearby roofs. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 17, 2020.
Day 1: The Wisconsin Center stands surrounded by a black metal fence with federal agents and police officers guarding each entrance. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 17, 2020.
Day 1: Police prepare for the first night of the convention as rain clouds roll out and the sun sets over the neighboring UWM Panther Arena. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 17, 2020.
Day 2: Most of the same groups that were outside the convention on the first day were back again with a few additions. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 18, 2020.
Day 2: A few people on day two of the Dem National Convention showed up to demonstrate at Wisconsin Avenue and Vel R. Phillips Avenue where one inflatable globe made its way over the metal fence but was returned. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 18, 2020.
Day 2: Police gear up with their bicycles across from the southeast corner of the Wisconsin Center on day two of the Dem National Convention. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 18, 2020.
Day 2: A group demonstrating along the fence at the intersection of Wisconsin Ave and Vel R. Phillips Avenue in Milwaukee left posters and pamphlets for passersby. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 18, 2020.
Day 3: Law enforcement confronts Extinction Rebellion America members about unauthorized drone use on day three of the 2020 DNC. Nobody was issued a ticket. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 19, 2020.
Day 3: Law enforcement confronts Extinction Rebellion America members about unauthorized drone use on day three of the 2020 DNC. Nobody was issued a ticket. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 19, 2020.
Day 3: Security personnel had to clear a few protesters out of the way to let a small motorcade out of perimeter on day three of the 2020 DNC. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 19, 2020.
Day 4: Family members of Joel Acevedo, who was killed by a Milwaukee police officer, along with their lawyer decried racist police and what they called a lack of police accountability in Milwaukee. They gathered at Red Arrow Park near the site of the 2020 DNC in Milwaukee. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 20, 2020.
Day 4: A member of a group of protesters pushing for police accountability in Milwaukee picked up a megaphone to address counter-protestors and police near the site of the 2020 DNC. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 20, 2020.
Day 4: Police on horseback arrived to break up protesters and counter-protesters near the site of the 2020 DNC in Milwaukee. More police arrived on bicycles shortly afterward. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 20, 2020.
Day 4: People gathered around as speakers demand police accountability at Red Arrow Park, near the site of the 2020 DNC in Milwaukee. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 20, 2020.
Day 4: Protesters march near the site of the 2020 DNC in Milwaukee during the convention's final day. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 20, 2020.
Day 4: Protesters march near the site of the 2020 DNC in Milwaukee during the convention's final day. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 20, 2020.
Day 4: Protesters march near the site of the 2020 DNC in Milwaukee during the convention's final day. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 20, 2020.
Day 4: Wisconsin Freedom Road Socialist Organization leader Ryan Hamann pressed the need to hold government officials and police accountable for adequate representation and racial equity near the site of the 2020 DNC in Milwaukee. Photo by Adam Kelnhofer, August 20, 2020.
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