Police Clash With Occupy Protesters in Denver - KKTV

[WillyT]

Police Clash With Occupy Protesters in Denver
Police clashed with Occupy protesters in Denver Saturday afternoon. 7 people were arrested amid reports police fired rubber bullets during the scuffle.
Reporter: KKTV
Saturday October 29, 2011 3:38 PM

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Police clashed with Occupy protesters in Denver Saturday afternoon. 7 people were arrested amid reports police fired rubber bullets during the scuffle.

Denver police were seen donning riot gear near a large group of people at Civic Center Park.


Protesters say police tore down some of their tents and also fired rubber bullets at a man in a tree.

Denver police say that one of their officer's bikes was tipped over. Reports late Saturday afternoon indicate at least 7 people were arrested.

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Link: http://www.kktv.com/news/headlines/Police_Clash_With_Occupy_Protesters_in_Denver_132857903.html?ref=903

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[Rick Myers]

1. Denver police say that one of their officer's bikes was tipped over.

Well then, break out the gas and the stingball guns!!!

[valerief]

2. Exactly. How ridiculous is the response to the tipped bike. nt

[kestrel91316]

3. "...Denver police say that one of their officer's bikes was tipped over..."

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Shall we dedicate a FB page in honor of the poor fallen bike? Maybe take up a collection?

[piratefish08]

4. sounds like an appropriate response to a tipped bike......

motherfuckers make me wish there was a hell for them to rot in.

[TheMadMonk]

12. Indeed. See what sort of response you get tipping "hogs" outside...

...a direputable bar?

Jokes aside, anyone who thinks this is going to end without a substantial number of deaths is dangerously deluding themselves.

[Poll_Blind]

5. Tipped buke = spilled blood? I thought that sort of response was relegated to biker gangs.

:shrug:

PB

[newfie11]

6. I see the newspaper hasn't posted my comment yet

It wasn't bad. Just telling the protestors well done and to stay safe. I guess that's to much for them to allow in their paper.

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Leave the officer's bike ALONE!

[louslobbs]

8. Dishonoring their badges with their militant gang like tactics in Denver as well huh? An officers

bike was tipped over? Well then, obviously if an officers bike was tipped over, the most common sense approach to dealing with such a violent act is to break out the rubber bullets, tear gas canisters and bean bags and commence firing. Sarcasm Alert.

Lou

[Shagbark Hickory]

9. Cities all over are realizing they can trample on the rights of the protesters and injure them with

weapons and get away with it.

So what do they have to lose?

Nuttin' honey.

[thecrow]

10. And I've always heard Denver was such a cool place....

I am really surprised at this, especially after Oakland.
Riot gear and weapons are just inappropriate response to a bunch of unarmed people
shivering in tents.

[paulk]

11. denver IS a cool place...

but the police dept here has always had a reputation for thuggery.

wonder when our Democratic mayor (and governor) are going to step in and calm things down

unless they ordered this, of course

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. This keeps up and somebody will die

[Fire Walk With Me]

14. Is this video of the "bike being tipped over"?

See 1:24 and onward.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92O-ILLflOA

[greyl]

15. That's the only video I've seen fitting the description.

Frank Roper fucked up, sad to say.