Suit Filed Over Mass Arrest at DNC

Source: The Denver Post

Suit Filed Over Mass Arrest During DNC

By Felisa Cardona
The Denver Post
POSTED: 08/20/2009 09:44:48 AM MDT
UPDATED: 08/20/2009 01:37:35 PM MDT

Eight people who were arrested on the second day of the Democratic National Convention during a mass protest filed a lawsuit against the City and County of Denver last night alleging wrongful arrest.

The plaintiffs who filed their case in Denver District Court - are represented by lawyers for the ACLU of Colorado and include a legal observer for the People's Law Project, a journalist, students documenting the protest and onlookers along 15th Street and Cleveland Place on Aug. 25.

In addition, the lawsuit is seeking class-action status for nearly 100 people who were held at a special jail, dubbed "Gitmo on the Platte" and claim they were denied access to attorneys who came to provide advice.

Denver police have said they were trying to control the crowd moving from Civic Center. The officers testified in court that they had intelligence that anarchists planned to gather in the park, then move toward the 16th Street Mall to wreak havoc at delegate hotels and other businesses. The activists had posted that plan on a publicly available website.

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Someone played the cops, and they fell for it.:D

San Francisco has always been referred to as "City by the Bay".. Did you mix up San Francisco and Denver? Just wondering about your comment.

It was so much fun meeting you - and glad I organized the meetup. Got to meet a lot of DU'ers that way!

:hi: Thanks for the use of your laptop.