Drafted up? Drafted up!!??? This must have been written by an honor graduate from UC Berzerkly.
And, from the pictures of "the crowd" that came to support them, it appears that pretty much no one cared about the letter they "drafted up"!!
That should be enough of an explanation.
Just for your edification, this was a press conference held for the press. They usually aren't attended by very large crowds of supporters and onlookers.
If you want to see a crowd in front of that building, find the link in the article that goes to rally held their last year. For this news conference there wasn't a call out for gathering a crowd, but you would have been welcomed to attend if you were interested in this ongoing procedure.
Leaving aside the comment that " it appears that pretty much no one cared about the letter" (careful, even a blogger might call you on that sentence structure) do you care?
Oh, and did you find the typo in the article? Don't want to miss that, it was a fun one!