Yesterday for the 6th straight Saturday Occupy Denver set up in Civic Center park and the police came. Video Watch as gas is applied while Channel 9 news stated it was steam from fires being extinguished---inaccurate reporting, their source the police,
Civic Center Park was vacated and closed followed by nearby Lincoln Park by orders of Mayor Hancock and Governor Hickenlooper (both Dems) a DIRECT violation of Constitutional and UN Sanctioned Human Rights to peacefully assemble and protest.
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From the Denver Post
Denver police in riot gear forced stubborn protesters out of Civic Center park Saturday evening, tearing down illegally pitched tents.
A cloud of smoke rose — not from tear gas, but from wood smoke as the protesters' cooking fire was extinguished.
Seventeen people were arrested, according to Sonny Jackson, spokesman for the Denver Police Department. Five of those arrests were made on the 16th Street Mall, where some protesters headed after the encampment was cleared.
The confrontation came about five hours after Occupy Denver demonstrators marched through downtown for the sixth straight Saturday.
Beginning Thursday night, officers have been speaking with protesters at Civic Center, many of whom have Occupy Denver been camping overnight, warning them about ordinances against blocking sidewalks with personal property. Thursday night, about 25 protesters voluntarily left.