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Our man on the scene -- OK, he stumbled on the scene on his way to get a beer -- reports that a large group of delegates just ambled past the protesers' cage, where exactly four activists were holding things down. Their message to the passing delegates (none of whom, presumably, are from Denver):

"Broncos suck!"

Well said, folks.

At about 12:30 p.m. today, police officers showed up at the UnConventional Action Convergence Center near 44th Avenue and Brighton Street, a space the anarchist group has rented as a staging ground for its Democratic National Convention protest activities that's approximately a hundred yards from the Denver Colisieum, where Rage Against the Machine and other bands are playing this afternoon.

Activists say that three members of the anarchist group were on a dirt lot in back of the facility, painting large banners to be used in a protest march this afternoon being organized by the Iraq Veterans Against the War, when a police vehicle pulled up. Officers pointed to the PVC piping and bricks being used to hold down the banner for painting, then arrested two members of the group and took them away. Police also detained several other individuals as they exited the rear door of the building.

The police then asked to have access to the space but were denied. When Westword and other members of the media arrived at the scene, the police said they were attempting to attain a warrant to search the building.

Police have not yet arrived with a warrant, and all but four of the officers have left the scene. They confiscated the PVC piping,the bricks -- and the banner.

-- Jared Jacang Maher

A photo of a woman about to be struck by an officer named Stewart.

A Westword staff member took photographs before and after a woman was struck by a police officer during an August 26 protest near Civic Center Park; They can be seen below.

In an August 27 Rocky Mountain News' report on the story, which includes a video that is also viewable by clicking "More," the officer in question isn't identified. However, an enhanced version of the photo seen here clearly shows the name on the officer's uniform to be "Stewart." It also includes the number "0520."

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The 9/11 Truth movement may have found a friend in Buddy Moore, who is running for the U.S. Senate as an independent.

Buddy Moore's bus.

Moore’s giant, and questionably road-worthy, bus led a contingent of Truthers down 14th Street Tuesday, while someone inside — likely Moore himself — shouted something unintelligible into the bus’s P.A.

It’s safe to say that Moore has now distinguished himself from Democratic and Republican candidates Mark Udall and Bob Schaffer on the issue of 9/11, and may have even come up with something those two can agree on. -- Jonathan Shikes

Local photographer Jamie Secrest sent in this shot, of an apparently bored cop firing off some shots of his own Monday.

There's no shortage of awesome signage floating around Denver. This was our favorite. A few others after the jump. (Photos by Jeff Shaw).

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I think I may count yesterday’s small skirmish outside the Denver Mint as of the most hilarious scenes at the Democratic National Convention.

Not the “Shake Your Money Maker” protest by Recreate 68, where activists performed a Yippie-esque “levitate the mint” performance and Marc Cohen donned a wizards outfit and chanted oddly. That action only drew about seventy people, half of whom were from the media.

No, I’m talking about when Alex Jones, the official raving maniac of the 9-11 Truth movement, spotted the nationally syndicated Neocon pundit Michelle Malkin and began screaming at her so loudly, for so long, that she eventually fled, pursued by Jones and a mob of cameras and desperate reporters.

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We can only hope the Tent Staters recycle their signs.

After checking out a cruiser from the overly friendly folks at Freewheelin -- the nonprofit that's lending free bikes to convention folks all week -- I pedaled up to Cuernavaca Park today, to audit the day's course at so-called Tent State University.

I think I picked the wrong day to go.

Here was the line of people registering for tickets to Rage Against the Machine's free show on Wednesday:

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Five activists were arrested on Capitol Hill around noon today near the offices of the People's Law Project at 1280 Sherman Street. According to PLP attorney Brian Vicente, the group was walking down 12th Avenue when they were stopped by police and arrested for "failure to obey a lawful order."

A van belonging to the activists parked nearby was examined by police as well. The names of those arrested are not yet known. They were booked at the Denver City & County Building and are scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow morning. --Jared Jacang Maher

The headline says it all. Just click here for the full photo. -JJM