Posted on 05/02/2008 12:01:35 PM PDT by MtnClimber
The ACLU of Colorado has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Secret Service and the city of Denver to ensure that protesters are within "sight and sound" of delegates attending the Democratic National Convention this August.
"Ultimately, it's the federal courts that are sort of the last resort protectors of constitutional rights," Mark Silverstein, the ACLU's legal director, said today.
"It's been the federal courts that are the ones to say law enforcement has not struck the proper balance here between security concerns and citizens' fundamental First Amendment rights," he said.
Silverstein said the city is dragging its feet on processing applications for parade and park permits, affecting protesters' planning efforts, and that it has yet to reveal where the so-called free speech zone will be located.
The city says it's waiting for the Secret Service to determine the boundaries of a security perimeter, and the Secret Service says that decision may not happen until July, he said.
“No one has been denied a parade permit. No one has been denied the right to protest," City Attorney David Fine said today in statement.
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I don't, they are just getting what they asked for.
Works for me, but I sense a lack of sack in Hick.
Bad for the Viet Cong!
Sorry, but DPD did NOT ask for this. I have family on the force, and I am really sorry you are viewing it this way. Hickenlooper is a jerk, but he’s less of a jerk than some of the others who could have been elected.
These rioters are dangerous. The police were tipped off the last time and seized van loads of weapons heading towards Denver. They also found disassembled hidden weapons scattered all around the “protest” area, and spent all night cleaning out the shrubbery. They had stacks of weapons and devices by the time they were done.
Maybe everybody here should take a deep breath and THINK before they call for riots. Would you call for more al Sadr action in Iraq? I thought not.
All the wine drinking libertine liberals with Obama and Hillary stickers on their mobiles will have all these horrified looks on their faces when they see all the riots & anarchy in Denver. Its those types of moments when it hits them like a shotgun blast to the gut exactly what the true nature of the democrat party is and has reaped with its agenda of pandering to every fringe group out there for votes.
Yes, Hickenlooper is already having restraint training for the Denver PD. That will surely scare the anarchists!
I agree that Hickenlooper is nowhere near as bad as Webb. He is very naieve about these leftists. I heard him on the radio saying he did not understand how these people could become violent (being leftists and against the war and all that). I do have an intense dislike of Gov Ritter the critter. He should be out in front catching the brunt of whatever happens. The Denver PD and the citizens of Denver just had this foisted on them by DemocRAT politicians thinking they could swing Colorado to a Blue State.
What happened in Olympia? I looked at the Seattle Times and didn’t see any mention of anything. They did mention the communist May celebration in Seattle, though.
Maybe they should consider a police strike.
These rioters are dangerous. The police were tipped off the last time and seized van loads of weapons heading towards Denver. They also found disassembled hidden weapons scattered all around the “protest” area, and spent all night cleaning out the shrubbery. They had stacks of weapons and devices by the time they were done.
No kidding. It's time that the Denver lefties found out about this in a way they can't ignore.
Would you call for more al Sadr action in Iraq? I thought not.
I'm sure that the Maddi militia would do as I say, as opposed to the leftie Rat traitors in and headed for, Denver.
Some of the anarchists and anti-war hippies stormed the capitol building demanding to see the governor. While the hippies were banging on the doors to the governors office, the anarchists ran around drawing anarchy symbols and slogans all over the walls.
The cops showed up. The anarchists bolted for the exits, the hippies hung around.
In typical appeasement fashion, instead of busting skulls as was soo richly deserved, the security then offered that 5 of the anti-war protestors could go into a conference room and some admin staff for the governor would be there to discuss things. The governor was probably hiding underneth her desk crying. While this was being filmed, you could see the spray paintings and drawings by the anarchists all over the capitol walls and doors.
I saw the film of all this happen on the evening news. Even they are now burying the story.
As typical, the liberal biased Seattle Times and P.I. refused to report this today, only concentrating on the immigration parade in Seattle.
If there are riots, no one here will have had a hand in them. Predicting, betting on them, even hoping for them won't determine whether they happen or not. I wish the Gov/Mayor would take steps based on the statements of the protesters already in place and plan and execute vigorous and harsh LE action against those who break the law. My wishing won't make that happen either.
Would you call for more al Sadr action in Iraq?
Since Sadr's boys are like lefties here, but aren't protected like lefties here and the US Military isn't compromised as LE is here I am in favor of Sadr action in Iraq especially when they come out into the open and fight for their beliefs. I'm pretty sure that puts me on the same side as the as the kinetic folks in the US Military and I am good with that.
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