This sort of disruption would not occur if the demonstrators had just stayed within their properly marked "free speech" cages, you know, those specially ordered dog kennels. We can't have noisy disruptions in our streets while a perfectly civil convention is underway. It's very clear that our politicians follow the rules of law so it's only fair that citizens do likewise. Please try and behave, a corporate coronation in in progress.

"It may well be that the greatest tragedy of this period of social change is not the glaring noisiness of the so-called bad people, but the silence of the so-called good people."--Martin Luther King

At the link which follows, please read the post and look at this 35 second video of Denver police batoning and then "disappearing" Alicia Forrest. Please distribute this link as far and wide and frequently as you can. This is a fascist state where police thugs act with impunity.

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/35717#comment-206914

David Brookbank -- "Hasta donde debemos practicar las verdades?"

I think it was reported on Democracy Now that the police were not wearing any badges or nameplates. That means if they are abusive in any way that you have no way to identify them by badge numbers or names.

I believe that this is against the law. This is something that WE can fight back with. This is something that can have serious consequencefor the city of Denver.

Where is the ACLU? Where is the Lawyer’s Guild? I want to hear from these organizations on this matter. People need to know their rights. These are our streets and the streets do not belong to the Democrats or the Republicans. They are supposed to be working for the people.

Btelfare

This was not the convention of the Bratz doll lovers. The guy that discovered the Watergate breakin died a homeless alcoholic so excuse me if I step on your constitutional right. A mass protest can be the disguise for a mass assassination of participants of the convention. The last 8 years have been the worst dictatorship I have experienced. I may sound parnoid. When I give my opinion about things? I believe I would have been killed if the hit man wasn't sure I would be worst in death.

This election is for all the marbles. The organized peaceful congregation of protesters is too risky in the present political climate.

My reaction to this - tears. What has America come to? really? This confirms my reasons for leaving the U.S. It is much too painful to witness our rights being stripped asunder without any outcry. Here, maybe, but by the general population and our media...silence. What will it take?

I apologize for all the questions but I am just at a loss.

What is important is that we export our brand of red, white, and blue fascism throughout the world at the point of a gun, or maybe even at the tip of a nuclear-armed missile. Doesn't it make you proud to be a Murrikan?

It's just disgusting! This is why the cops are called PIGS! They protect private property and fuck you and your rights! Maybe some day the protesters will bring thier oun clubs and guns. I good riot would look great on TV. Sorry, they don't report on that stuff any more now, do they? None the less, a good riot would be nice.

Heavyrunner: "This was mild compared to Chicago in 1968."

I have been an avid reader of CD for several years and have observed that sometimes the comments on the articles are more instructive than the articles themselves. So much so that I am not sure which I prefer. The video presented here could be interpreted as an isolated event were it not for commenters such as Heavyrunner who place these events in an historical context. Sadly what this video presents is not new and has far too many historical precedents. Thank you Heavyrunner for sharing your personal experience of state repression back in 1968.

Wecome to Amerikkka!! This is NOT the country that I gave my blood. sweat and tears to defend. It'll get worse. To all you
black shirt, jack boot thugs, who do YOU serve? Get a REAL job.