Monthly Archives: August 2015

Police raid Occupy Denver camp, issue citation for having OD leader off-leash.

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- Occupy activists had no sooner retrieved their pop-up canopy, which the Denver police had been ordered to return, and re-erected it, when riot cops marched in again to re-confiscate it! After tearing down the now usual “encumbrances” Friday … Continue reading →

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Eric Brandt sets speed record for First Amendment Jail-to-Freedom-Pipeline

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- Eric Brandt got a surprise at the detention center courtroom on Friday. Then the magistrate who sentenced Eric for contempt of court got a surprise. Eric wore his “fuck cops” t-shirt into courtroom 2300 this morning where his … Continue reading →

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BOMBSHELL: Denver courthouse anticipates black folks will be upset when Dexter Lewis gets the death penalty unlike white James Holmes.

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- In federal court on Friday the chief of security of the Lindsey Flanigan Courthouse testified that recent restrictions on protest activity around the building were enacted in anticipation of black community unrest at the likely death sentence for … Continue reading →

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St Louis police provoke rock throwing protesters by killing another black teen

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Eric Verlo

Police in St Louis had to arrest protesters because they were blocking a major street instead of “protesting peaceably”. Other protesters were teargassed and authorities were frustrated that the clouds of gas and spray and people scrambling obscured documentation of … Continue reading →

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Fuckcops Eric Brandt finds his audience

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- Here’s Eric Brandt at the corner of Speer and Parkway IN HIS ELEMENT. Click on the above image for the full scene. You’re only looking at a closeup.

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Denver activists seek court injunction to stop jury nullification arrests

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- Civil rights attorney David Lane will address Federal District Court on Monday seeking an injunction to stop the City of Denver from arresting activists distributing fliers to inform fellow citizens about the legal concept of Jury Nullification. UPDATE: … Continue reading →

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Hickenlooper shows Animas River mine waste is as drinkable as fracking fluid.

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Eric Verlo

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper put on his usual demonstration of drinking a bottle of contaminated water to show that the Animas River is just as potable as FRACKING FLUID. What he has really shown is that the mine waste which … Continue reading →

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Delayed Habeas Corpus for Eric Brandt, then two Westminster kangaroo courts, despite $3,500 bond being paid.

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Eric Verlo

WESTMINSTER, COLORADO- It was quite a day for Eric “Fuck Cops” Brandt, in custody at the Denver County Jail since Monday August 10, as usual for exercising his First Amendment rights. Even by Wednesday the jail wouldn’t allow Eric visitors … Continue reading →

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Spotted at Denver #BlackLivesMatter march: police gun mocking public fear of lethal force

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- It may not have been the motorcycle cop who was overheard at Sunday’s #BlackLivesMatter march -commemorating the one-year anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson- telling a fellow officer “they’re upset about a Nigger who was … Continue reading →

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BREAKING: Denver DA Mitch Morrissey to be subpoenaed in jury tampering case of Mark Iannicelli and Eric Brandt!

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- Denver Judge Johnny C. Barajas wouldn’t produce Eric Brandt, who’s still being held in county jail without bond, he wouldn’t commit to joining Brandt’s case with that of Mark Iannicelli, he wouldn’t commit to granting a preliminary hearing, … Continue reading →

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Black Lives Matter 5280 hold Denver march in memory of Michael Brown

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- A coalition of Colorado activists led by Black Lives Matter 5280 marched through the state capitol on Sunday to mark the one-year anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown by Ferguson police. Over two hundred marchers gathered at … Continue reading →

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Denver’s 2015 Punch and Judy Show

Posted on August 9, 2015 by David Lee Anderson

Come One, Come All! Admission: FREE FREE FREE! Where: Denver Municipal Court When: Tues, Aug 11, 2015, 1PM. Featuring MARK IANNICELLI in his premiere performance and David Lane as his big stick.   As the drama unfolds, Mark will be … Continue reading →

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Denver Police Out of Service

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- Spotted downtown. Did you know a police car can be “off-duty”? Can private interests now hire public assets like a rent-a-cruiser with their rent-a-cops?

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Clarence Darrow and Jury Nullification

Posted on August 6, 2015 by David Lee Anderson

Clarence Darrow’s closing arguments in Leopold & Loeb resonates today in the Denver Urban Camping Ban and Jury Nullification Trials.   “You can trace it all down through the history of man. You can trace the burnings, the boilings, the … Continue reading →

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Confederate flag still flies over Denver

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- All eyes have been on South Carolina, Bree Newsome, and the White Supremacist rallies which have percolated since, but Colorado indignants could note that a Confederate battle flag does still fly over Denver. The historic Riverside Cemetery commemorates … Continue reading →

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Eric Brandt and the horrible, very bad judge.

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Eric Verlo

WESTMINSTER, COLORADO- Eric Brandt was so sure he was going to jail he got a tattoo. The one-man-band of protest movements had court on August 3rd before Westminster Associate Judge Paul D. Basso, who’d declined on a technicality to give … Continue reading →

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The History of the Denver Police Department

Posted on August 4, 2015 by David Lee Anderson

Before the Denver Police Department began murdering the men, women and children of Denver, they were burglarizing Denver homes and businesses.   In 1960, the largest police corruption scandal in the U.S. to date began to unfold. More than 50 … Continue reading →

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Requiring activists to “make space” for black or brown voices, if apolitical or reformist, is a counterinsurgency trap.

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Eric Verlo

      OFF-STREET ACTIVISM floweth over with do-gooders begging for a seat at the table, literally, tables, where the powers-that-be want them. Street protest organizers are berated about providing forums for disenfranchised voices, as if indoor choir-singing yields redress … Continue reading →

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Eric Brandt found not guilty of petty complaints of Westminster Colorado. He’s being denied a jury at next trial.

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Eric Verlo

WESTMINSTER, COLORADO- Homeless veteran Eric Brandt has been arrested 36 times by police officers angry about his “fuck cops” sign, often the arrests are violent. So far Eric has beat the charges but the City of Westminster is gunning for … Continue reading →

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