Finally, when several local men were arrested by American soldiers recently, crowds of some 500 people protested for two days.

The administrator ordered the leaders arrested, and the crowd protested.

On March 4, 2008, a crowd of women merchants protested in response to tightened market controls.

The crowd protested to both the police and the gendarmes, but was mostly ignored.

A Palestinian crowd, a few hundred yards away, protested.

The crowd was protesting the possible reinstatement of a white officer who had been suspended for beating a black man some weeks earlier.

That was not the spirit of the angry crowds protesting in various parts of the capital on Sunday night.

On 17 February 2011 a crowd of 3000 protested against corruption and lack of jobs and services.

You know, when Ronald Reagan went to Europe, there usually were large crowds protesting him.

A bit later I returned to my car, fought my way through the crowd protesting the street blockage, cranked up and drove away.