August 2008 at the Denver Courthouse

Police crowd control at the Denver DNC, August 2008
Spending so much time at the courthouse for the Ward Churchill v CU case, I was prompted to review these yet-unseen photos from last August’s DNC, featuring… the Denver Courthouse!

Monday morning, August 25, 2008
Peacefully assembled demonstrators are protesting the arrest and brutalization of an R-68 organizer and a Code Pink activist. Chants of “LET THEM GO, LET THEM GO” prompt this response from the police.
Police crowd control at the Denver DNC, August 2008

Police crowd control at the Denver DNC, August 2008

Police crowd control at the Denver DNC, August 2008

Monday afternoon, August 25, 2008 same place
Unconventional Action marchers are attempting to leave Civic Center Park, northward on Bannock. Police move in to block their way.
Police crowd control at the Denver DNC, August 2008

Police crowd control at the Denver DNC, August 2008

Police crowd control at the Denver DNC, August 2008

Police crowd control at the Denver DNC, August 2008

Police crowd control at the Denver DNC, August 2008

Police crowd control at the Denver DNC, August 2008

Police crowd control at the Denver DNC, August 2008

Police crowd control at the Denver DNC, August 2008