Denver's "Secret" Denention Center & Caged Free Speech

The city of Denver has been very secretive about its plans for dealing with protesters during the DNC. First, no one could find out where the "Free Speech Zone" was going in, then the parade route lottery was kept under wraps, and so on. Finally journalists got wind of a secret detention center with a high capacity for holding people. The race was on, as a blogger pinpointed the location and the local CBS affiliate managed to get inside and film. I spoke to several protest organizers at a press conference at the secret detention center location during a small, but relatively well attended press conference. We talked about the detention center, but also about their frustrations with the current electoral system and what they hoped to achieve in their protests at the DNC. Thanks to Erin Rosa of the ColoradoIndependent.com for putting me on this story. Please see her excellent and detailed story, including a history of the building, and more detail on potential problems and conditions.

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[jamminjago]

maybe we should get rid of this gang called the government who send men with guns to hurt you whenever you dont do what they want.

[FattKidd]

Welcome to Amerika... land of the "free" and home of the caged.

[BeyondVM]

i hate the ads! Lose the adds!

[xsful]

"race neutral"??? As President, he represents us all, not just you.

[TOXIKMETAL]

The black man in this video is a racist.

[tbrinnand]

The police around the RNC convention just busted into peoples homes last night, Aug. 30 with SWAT teams and arrested people who they just thought might protest. Arresting folks, stealing computers, journals, laptops, and the convention hasn't begun. Granted the DNC is not perfect,and there were about 141 arrests during the convention. But you can start counting the RNC arrests already. Believe me, if you don't vote to put Obama in and keep McCain and cronies out of office we are all doomed.

[Peridolin]

It's a typo.

Are you that stupid?

[toddlintown1]

What's a "Denention" Center?

[showmethevideoalread]

LOVE, now that said please wake up , its not to late YET ,but soon it will be , wake up america and stand united and force a return of our freedom

[vedicastrol]

let's hope it keeps raining throughout the convention