] By the tens of thousands, demonstrators marched, chanted
] -- "No More Years!" -- and danced through the streets of
] Manhattan on Sunday, voicing their anger with President
] Bush, the war in Iraq and the Republicans' decision to
] hold a national convention in this most Democratic of
] urban bastions.
]
] Hundreds of police officers in riot gear lined the
] sidewalks, SWAT vans idled, and police helicopters
] whirred overhead. But the protest was as peaceful as it
] was vast. More than 200,000 demonstrators, according to a
] police estimate, packed dozens of blocks along Seventh
] Avenue and snaked down side streets.

[ I've seen scattered estimates up to 500,000, though that's probly over the top... Really an incredible thing that happened, for so many people to be able to demonstrate peacefully. There were only some scattered arrests for things like impeding traffic, and a minor fire some anarchists set. Not getting the coverage it deserves i think. -k]

200,000 in N.Y. Protest Bush (washingtonpost.com)