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September 4th, 2008

Police use tear gas to disperse crowd

Posted: 09:15 PM ET

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) - Police used tear gas and percussion grenades Thursday night to disperse a crowd that had gathered near the State Capitol, about six blocks from the site of the Republican National Convention.

The gas was used when marchers tried to cross a bridge after being warned not to.


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