Occupy Denver: John Hickenlooper, Michael Hancock ban camping, arrests could follow

The 1% paid for their campaigns, the 1% bought their loyalty. The people need to take back the political process, so that corrupt servants to the oligarch class like Hancock and Hicken-whatever can be kept from oppressing the people's constitutional rights. Shame on these cowards. 

I'm a 64 yo Coloradan in favor of means testing medicare to reduce entitlements and try to get the federal budget under control to ensure a future for our children.  I think that means that about 15 million seniors absolutely need their medicare and social security and that about 55 million of us "greedy greezers" can be subjected to some kind of means testing.  In regard to wall street, I think  the intent of Glass-Steagall needs to be enacted and some means need to be found to break up the big banks-even nationaling all banks, if thats what it takes-then reincorporating them on a smaller scale.  I agree that politicians are in the pocket of wall street but I also think that unions are at the mercy of their management who only seem to care about enriching their(union managements) pockets at the cost of sending jobs overseas and bankrupting cities by underfunding their pensions and leaving it to the taxpayers to bail them out.  I would encourage viewing the documentary "Inside Job" and reading "Reckless Endangerment" by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner, "All The Devils Are Here" by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera, "How Big Banks Fail" by Darrell Duffie ,"The New Lombard Street" by Perry Mehrling, and taking a look at the website of the Concord Coalition for their predictions of unchecked entitlements spending.  

There is no constitutional requirement to keep tidy or even healthy public spaces.  There is no constitutional requirement to conduct "business as usual."  There are, however, constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.  

Even if occupiers wanted to shut down the capitol altogether, that would take precedence over any and every state, or even federal law, to the contrary. 

That's the nature of democracy.  It isn't necessarily tidy.  It isn't necessarily orderly.

If you can't live with that, move to a police state. 

Now the drug dealers can return to their normal routine

That is just plain wrong! We are guaranteed freedom of speech in this country--remember?

There were higher living standards in that tent city than I've seen in nice "homes".  Let's go ahead and bring up the rest of the city's level of "safety" then.  Since they care so much.   

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I think we should call in FEMA to help house and cleanup since the way the goverment is run is a NATIONAL DISASTER then we can call it job creation!

"This is about health, safety of the Occupy Denver protesters, and the public," Hancock says.Wow, reminds me of something I would tell my children. "Oh honey, be careful, that oven is hot.  You might burn yourself.  Why don't you play in the living room where it is safe to play."

I'm so glad Hancock is looking out for the safety of Occupy Denver protesters.  Its so dangerous to peacefully assemble to redress grievances, especially when the police force threaten the people with violence.  If Hancock is concerned about safety he would demand the police stop harassing peaceful protesters. 

chicken looper and the smuthers brother better worry about me and my suit and leave these poor protestors alone, especially since my final complaint and waiver of summons has been sent and filed! 

What you get is what you got

Cause when they own the information, 

They can bend it all they want

Heading down this evening.  Come one Come ALL!  

The cops can't even clear out the marijuana sellers from the park that have been there since Jerry's Newstand was across the street. They should set up camp outside Martino's crib on Belleview protesting how he gets to screw off banks and live in a 4.5 million dollar house with millions hidden in his wife's name, wife number three.

Hancock issued the threat of confrontation.  Occupy Denver did not.  Hancock; "We're just requesting protesters disperse lawfully and peaceably at night in order to avoid confrontation."

My peaceful solution.#1......A crew of City / State Park Employees.#2......A couple of Denver/State Police to protect the park workers.#3......One big wrench to turn on the sprinklers.#4......Repeat nightly at 11PM.

Stinky unemployed hippies are going to get evicted. Can't wait.

If the city and state would have just ignored this the protestors would eventually make their point and feel satisfied but like the foolish, inexperienced leaders they are, Hancock and Hickenlooper have played right into the hands of the vastly more experienced, media savvy radical activists who are now joining the Denver protests. Love how Hancock, Hickenlooper, and the law enforcement community are playing right into the hands of the activists...this will turn into a circus

Civil disobedience is an essential component of effective activism. DO NOT FEAR BEING ARRESTED. Throughout history the most effective activists, Ghandi, The Bonus Army, MLK, etc - were not afraid of being arrested. Let them lock all of us up. Congest the system. Be peaceful about it and the point will be made. Get arrested, get out then go back to the park and let them do it again the next night and the next and the next. This is how the salt marches worked. Never back down. Show no fear.Call the national lawyers guild as soon as you are arrested at: 212-679-6018 and we'll see you at the park the next night to do it all over again!

This is not going to go well.

Hasta victoria siempre comrades !

"This is about health, safety of the Occupy Denver protesters, and the public," ....

Funny, when it comes to maintaining public health and safety by making it affordable for food service workers (and the rest of the lowly serfs and peons serving the entitled ruling class) to take a sick day that is paid for by employers through a paid sick day initiative, Governor Opie and Mayor Mikey are absolutely aghast. When a protest occupation threatens their corporate masters, (even in theory), these lapdoggies start rolling over and playing the "health and safety" card. WOOF, WOOF! Roll over, Rover!

Didn't Denver just pay $200,000 to protesters arrested illegally at the DNC? Bring it!

Everybody break out your video cameras.  Film it, record it, document it, tweet it.  Make a record.  Then hang onto that record and allow them to spin as many lies as they want, digging ever deeper.

Nothing brings justice better than a mirror.

If they're so concerned with the health and safety of protesters, why don't we have a national health care plan?

stay strong denver, they are starting to get scared of us, and it's GOOD. stay PEACEFUL.

Dumbest waste of taxpayer dollars now endorsed by the Governor and Mayor.  It's not "camping", it is "protesting" in the mode of the "Hoover Camps" of the Great Depression.

"Health and safety" is a ruse to try to put this expected suppression of speech under an exception to the 1st Amendment.

This will be a looooooong, drawn out battle resulting in an extraordinary waste of taxpayer dollars, including the eventual settlement payout to Protesters.  It'll be especially fun to see the comparison of crimes of violence and drug crimes in that Park BEFORE this protest, and the incidence of those crimes DURING this protest.

Health and Safety to justify storm-trooping will be laughed out of the courtroom.  The Park is healthier and safer since this protest began.  If they really want to end it, they should leave it alone...the temperatures will drop low enough, soon enough.

It is important to focus on the facts:  Hickenlooper is lying about sanitation -- protesters are using RTD's toilets, and any potential problem is caused by the State's refusal to allow us to bring in portable ones, and Hickenlooper is lying about conflicts in using the Park -- the paved portions that veterans and others want to use is unencumbered by tents or any other structures, and people can parade back and forth between the flagpole, the obelisk, and the replica Liberty Bell to their heart's content.

COME DOWN TO LINCOLN PARK IN FRONT OF THE CAPITOL TONIGHT BEFORE 11PM TO SHOW YOUR SOLIDARITY FOR OCCUPY DENVER!

It is very likely that the police attack on Occupy Denver will commence at or after 11pm, but action directed against campers could happen at any time.  A heavily armed riot squad is waiting at Union Station.

Fuck that shit!