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Re-create 68 gets DNC permits at Capitol, park
Rocky Mountain News ^ | May 19, 2008 | David Montero and Sue Lindsay

Posted on 05/20/2008 7:53:35 AM PDT by george76

Protesters with the group Re-create 68, still smarting over not getting a permit to gather at Civic Center on the eve of the Democratic National Convention, have managed to secure permits at the state Capitol and nearby Lincoln Park.

Glenn Spagnuolo, a Re-create 68 organizer, said Monday the state was "easy to work with" in getting the permits for Aug. 24.

However, he didn't have kind words for the city.

"The state of Colorado has stepped in where the city has refused to and acted in a responsible manner," Spagnuolo said. "If you remember at the end of the lottery process, they promised to work closely with anybody who did not obtain a park to assure their voices were heard. That was a complete lie and fabrication by the city."

Re-create 68 has promised demonstrations that will rival those at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, which saw street battles between police and anti-Vietnam War demonstrators.

When the convention host committee won a permit for Civic Center on the eve of the convention, Spagnuolo said Denver could face a "dangerous situation."

The ACLU sued the city and safety manager Al LaCabe over the city's refusal to turn over a copy of its policies at the city jail.

ACLU attorney Taylor Pendergrass ...asked Denver police to handle minor violations with a summons or notice to appear in court.

But he said police refused, saying that current policy requires officers to make full arrests, including detention in the city jail, for even minor violations connected with protests.

(Excerpt) Read more at rockymountainnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: 2008dncconvention; aclu; clintonobamariots; democrats; dnc; election; elections; recreate68
The Democratic National Convention Aug. 25-28...

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1 posted on 05/20/2008 7:53:35 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Yippee !


2 posted on 05/20/2008 7:55:11 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: george76

On Boyle’s show this morning, a caller said there is a WWII memorial in one of the parks. Think these thugs will leave it alone?


3 posted on 05/20/2008 8:00:14 AM PDT by dynachrome ("Socialism is the feudalism of the future.")
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To: george76

Whatever happened to that nice young man, Robert F. Kennedy?


4 posted on 05/20/2008 8:00:14 AM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (NOW can we drill for oil?)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Fire the FPF! Scumballs in the open! Use the Greenland exit sign on I-25 as the TRP!


5 posted on 05/20/2008 8:01:55 AM PDT by redlegplanner
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To: dynachrome

Will Ritter or the CSP protect the state buildings and memorials ?

The city may be busy elsewhere.


6 posted on 05/20/2008 8:09:00 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Recreate 68? All that violence, even a death.

Would they be so accepting if someone proposed “Recreate Kent State” ? They’d have hissy fit.


7 posted on 05/20/2008 8:21:39 AM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Fire the CIA and hire the Free Clinic, someone who knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: Doctor Raoul; george76

There was a group associated with R-68 that broke away a few weeks ago. They call themselves Tent State University. These folks don’t think Clinton and Obama are far enough to the left.


8 posted on 05/20/2008 8:50:34 AM PDT by MtnClimber (Obama pledges to give every typical small town white family a possum sandwich)
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To: Question Liberal Authority
Whatever happened to that nice young man, Robert F. Kennedy?

I have been told that Palestinian children are schooled to see RFK as an example of how they can strike back against the Great Satan.

9 posted on 05/20/2008 8:51:18 AM PDT by heywoodubuzzoff (Elective Dysfuntion -- Can not get excited about any of the candidates.)
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To: Question Liberal Authority
Whatever happened to that nice young man, Robert F. Kennedy?

I have been told that Palestinian children are schooled to see RFK as an example of how they can strike back against the Great Satan.

10 posted on 05/20/2008 8:51:26 AM PDT by heywoodubuzzoff (Electile Dysfuntion -- Can not get excited about any of the candidates.)
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To: redlegplanner
Fire the FPF! Scumballs in the open! Use the Greenland exit sign on I-25 as the TRP!

We're impressed with your acronyms. Except they are meaningless to most of us.

11 posted on 05/20/2008 8:53:43 AM PDT by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: MtnClimber
There was a group associated with R-68 that broke away a few weeks ago.

Trouble in (the Worker's) paradise?

12 posted on 05/20/2008 9:30:36 AM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Fire the CIA and hire the Free Clinic, someone who knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: Cobra64

BulletBra? You a Madonna fan?


13 posted on 05/20/2008 9:31:22 AM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Fire the CIA and hire the Free Clinic, someone who knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: george76

THIS is the best news I’ve had all day.


14 posted on 05/20/2008 9:40:09 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatives live in the truth. Liberals live in lies.)
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To: george76

What is the purpose of their demonstration? Did I miss it in the article?


15 posted on 05/21/2008 8:35:07 AM PDT by jennyjenny
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But he said police refused, saying that current policy requires officers to make full arrests, including detention in the city jail, for even minor violations connected with protests.

Put them to work picking up trash along roadways. It will be the first real jobs any of these bums have had anyways.
16 posted on 05/21/2008 8:39:59 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Average White Conservative)
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