Specific causes over the years have been : Bread & Puppet volunteers were among the seventy-nine people arrested at a warehouse in Philadelphia during the 2000 Republican National Convention . The Associated Press reported the scene of the " SWAT-style " raid was broadcast live by news helicopters . Years later , the AP explained there " was tense talk ( later proved unfounded ) of terrorist plots being hatched in the ' puppetista ' headquarters , of bomb building and anarchist-fueled mayhem . " Its report did not include the police 's side of the story
2000 Republican National Convention
2000 Republican National Convention
Bread and Puppet Theater