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- They played a free protest concert in Los Angeles across the street from Staples Center, where the Democratic National Convention was being held. After the concert, police used pepper spray and rubber bullets to disperse a crowd of 9,000 people after the event turned violent.
- Rage Against The Machine took part in protests against the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, but police prevented them from performing. The band went into the crowd and played two songs through a megaphone, after which riots broke out.