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Denver police surround protesters and bystanders alike for over two hours before kicking out the press, arresting over 100 people, and shooting pepper spray.

Seems the protesters wouldn’t stay huddled back in their free speech ghetto and decided to exercise their Constitutional rights by strolling up to the convention center.

But then they’d have been on the news and in the public eye…

Per Denver police spokesman Lt. Ron Saunier, "officers decided to act against the protesters before they could break any laws."

Tags: Protest , Democratic National Convention , Politics , Video Clips

Aug 29, 2008 7:30 AM

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Re: Welcome to Beijing. Beijing, Colorado.

p.s. The officer videotaped beating down that little Code Pink girl has been pulled from duty. Still these Denver cops are losing it...

By: buckinghamgreen

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Re: Welcome to Beijing. Beijing, Colorado.

PKD would have cracked open another can of dog food if he caught sight of this footage. Too bad he's dead.

By: White_Wolf

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I personally blame these stupid "free speech zones" at all of these conventions which are the only place where protesters can gather. They're all out of sight of the convention and media and manifests itself into people becoming rabid. Law enforcement overreacts and a melee ensues. Blech.

By: spam_vigilante

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