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May 1, 2006

Rallyblog: Line of marchers converging on City Hall

PROVIDENCE -- Marchers calling for immigration reforms filed down Broad Street toward City Hall, 10 to 15 abreast, this afternoon, in a line that took 29 minutes to pass one observer.

The crowd continued to swell as it headed to its final destination of the State House, but it remained peaceful.

As the wind whipped flags and blew dirt into faces, some passing cars beeped at the marchers, and the few watching pedestrians smiled and waved.

Although organizers had warned the group to ignore any racial slurs that might be thrown their way, a reporter on the scene had not observed any such behavior.

While projo.com has not yet been able to get an official estimate of the crowd's size, it appears to have grown into the thousands.

-- projo.com staff writer Steve Peoples

Posted by Andrea Panciera  at 4:52 PM | Permalink

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