Each of the following links goes to an account of officers of the Denver Police Department or elected officials (and in a couple of cases, police at the RNC) acting improperly, as recorded by the volunteer-run website http://colorado.indymedia.org . Incidents include direct or indirect examples of harrassment; committing false arrests; engaging in slanderous propaganda; malicious confiscations; and in several cases, brutalizing protesters, legal observers, journalists, innocent bystanders, and children.
Some of this material was written by Indymedia volunteers (including myself), but much of it consists of, or is excerpted from mainstream newspaper accounts. Some additional interviews with arrestees are being held until court cases have cleared, or until attorneys approve interview transcripts.
This is a selective sample, and not an exhaustive account of information relating to police misbehavior as collected by Indymedia. Having been involved with this process, i am convinced that intimidation, brutality, and slander were Denver Police Department policy.
In addition to what is linked below, there are numerous videos available from http://colorado.indymedia.org which depict much of the action in the streets, as well as reactions from various sources.
[Indymedia is essentially an uncensored source for community input of news that is under-reported or, frequently, missed altogether by the mainstream media.]
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Cops to investigate brutal arrest
Code Pink volunteer knocked to ground by officer
"CodePink member 'optimistic' after release; officer pulled from protests"
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"Police Brutality at the Democratic National Convention" (Christian children attacked)
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Story of "protesters with rocks" knocked down; Linkhart spreads feces charge (editorial)
Police slander arrestee, "feces filled bottle" was coffee with soy milk
http://colorado.indymedia.org/node/1110
http://colorado.indymedia.org/node/1110
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ABC News staffer (actually, a producer) pushed into traffic, jailed by police
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Water and the right to protest (editorial)
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"Police seize demonstrators' property" video
Police make arrests at protester's house
Two detained at anarchist center
St Paul Police Raid Convergence Space
Lawyers Guild: Cops illegally seize video equipment
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Arrests climb to 130; Democratic delegate criticizes cops
Account of Student Arrested Outside DNC
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Claim That Protesters Carried Rocks Is Disputed
Video from the 8/25/08 Protest where Police Detained about 250 People with no Reason
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Judicial strategy aimed at preventing RNC participation is reconsidered
Denver DNC is the realization of George Orwell's nightmare (editorial)
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NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD DNC PEOPLE'S LAW PROJECT CRITICIZES DNC COURT PROCEDURES
Important message for arrestees: demand a lawyer
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