News Americas, CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sun. Sept. 2, 2012: Some two thousand people showed up in front of the 2012 Democratic National Convention Center and near the Bank of America stadium, in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 2, 2012 to protest various issues ahead of the President’s acceptance speech on Thursday.

Among the protestors were representatives from Occupy Wall Street protests. (Mario B. Cabrera /Rick Recard/ Vision Fotos)