Depending on who you talk to, a melee that erupted last night in Denver which resulted in one hundred arrests, was due to either overzealous cops or unruly mobs who would not disperse.
The protesters allege that an angry battalion of police officers approached their peaceful perch at a park just a hop-and-a-skip from the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Denver, exploded tear gas in their midst, and hauled them away for simply exercising their right to free speech.
Law Enforcement issued a statement to the contrary.
Denver cops alleged that they were responding to tips from intelligence reports - that protesters planned to disrupt fundraising events at a handful of the local Hotels - with the express purpose of throwing a damper on the Democrat's premier party underway at the Democratic National Convention.
Although approximately one hundred protestors were originally placed in cuffs and carted off to the County Jail, thirty were later released without incident.
The balance of the protestors were released on bond and face charges stemming from alleged unruly assembly, failing to disperse, and possibly resisting arrest.
Originally, hundreds of thousands of protesters were expected to attend the rally.
Cynics on the sidelines chided that at last count the numbers tallied in the "hundreds of hundreds".
The protesters are expected to gather again later today.
Some wonder aloud,
Will the ranks swell in view of last night's outrageous show of force by the Denver pigs?
News at 11!
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