Category Archives: Denver

Photo: Counter gay-basher at the DNC

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Biffster| Leave a comment

Protestor at the DNC

More pics to follow, I just liked this one enough that I had to post it now. :)

I was at the duelling protests between the brain-dead gay bashers and pretty much everyone else on the 16th Street Mall yesterday. I’m going to put pictures up on my blog (http://biffster.org) soon. While the rhetoric was very heated between the two groups, everyone was doing what they were supposed to. No one was stepping off of the curb, everyone was staying where told by the police. The mall shuttles were landlocked ‘cuz of the mass of police officers in the bus lanes, but that was the only major disruption.

I also got to see the kid arrested. I was standing right next to him, then moved across the intersection to take a couple of pics of the line of shuttles. I heard a noise, looked over and saw the kid being picked up and slammed onto the street. It was almost gentle by DPD standards. Another kid ran across the street, muttering, “Oh my god, the cops just beat up my best friend. MY BEST FRIEND!!!” He didn’t stop, just ran down Curtis until he disappeared from view.

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Iraq War Demonstration: 1/27/2007, 12:00pm @ Capitol bldg, Denver

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Biffster| Leave a comment

Iraq War Demonstration:

Saturday, January 27th at noon, on the west steps of the Capitol in Denver, there will be a demonstration in favor of peace in Iraq, diplomatic solutions to the current conflict and the safe return of American troops. For those who favor a change in the policy that our administration has been pursuing and continues to pursue, this would be a good time and place to express your position.

The demonstration is being sponsored by The Interfaith Alliance Policy Committee and other organizations, and will have speakers from the faith community, Iraq Veterans, and military families. There is also going to be a huge national demonstration in Washington D.C. on this day.

Please let others know about this event and ask organizations with whom you are associated to publicize this event as well. The press will focus on the numbers of people present to judge the feelings of the community. Bring signs. Bring family. Bring friends. Bring hope and goodwill.

MLK: ” SOMETIMES SILENCE IS BETRAYAL”
COME MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD

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