Ooo a Q Anon thread... where's my popcorn?
I just felt like giving. Shouldn't have been in situation, but sad. https://www.gofundme.com/f/jessica-whitaker
Counter-protesters flooded a pro-police rally in Denver’s Civic Center on Sunday afternoon, a clash that saw flashes of violence before the law enforcement supporters left the area and police used pepper spray as they tried to herd the remaining demonstrators out of the park.
The collision of the two groups, which came not long after the 3 p.m. pro-police rally started in Civic Center’s amphitheater, included two women who got into some sort of scuffle, with one being handcuffed by police and led away. Minutes later, a man could be seen punching someone in the crowd as well. Other fistfights broke out as well.
By around 4:30 p.m., only a handful of the pro-police demonstrators remained in the park. Shortly thereafter, police used pepper spray as the remaining crowds were leaving. The protesters who’d disrupted the pro-police rally then marched onto Colfax Avenue heading east.
Another punch thrown in this video pic.twitter.com/Etw5TucFrG
— Shelly Bradbury (@ShellyBradbury) July 19, 2020
The pro-police rally had been billed as a family-friendly event with music, speakers and food, and was scheduled to run from 3 to 6 p.m.
Adina Chapman said she came to the Denver rally from Colorado Springs support law enforcement. “I’m not saying there doesn’t need to be reforms,” she said. “But if we don’t have police, we don’t have safety.”
A counter-protest, organized by Denver’s Party for Socialism and Liberation, started at 2 p.m. at the Capitol building, and aims to “shut down” the pro-police rally. Around 3:20 p.m., the group moved from the Capitol and flooded into the amphitheater area in Civic Center, where the pro-police rally was underway.
Lillian House, an organizer for the Party of Socialism and Liberation, said they organized the counter-protest because a celebration of police is “unacceptable.”
“It’s just all around out of touch with the struggles people are facing,” she said.
That pro-police rally has been promoted by Randy Corporon, an attorney who has recently represented two businesses in high-profile legal disputes about coronavirus precautions. Corporon represented C&C Breakfast and Korean Kitchen, a Castle Rock restaurant that was shut down by the state after it opened for dine-in eating on Mother’s Day, as well as Bandimere Speedway, which faced legal action from county health officials when a July 4 event saw large crowds and limited social distancing.
Corporon said Sunday that Denver police Chief Paul Pazen asked him to reschedule or move the pro-police rally, expressing concern that police officers would be put in harm’s way by the event.
“He was agitated that we’re going to get his officers hurt,” Corporon said. “My response to him was that he should allow his officers to do their job and if people are down there breaking the law, to stop them. Because they’ll have nothing to fear from us.”
Denver police spokesman Tyrone Campbell confirmed that police had been in touch with rally organizers about the event.
“I think the conversation was such that said, ‘We appreciate it, but if you’re doing it on our behalf, we don’t want you to do that. We absolutely appreciate the sentiment, we know there is public support. But in the event you are doing it to exercise your First Amendment right, then by all means we’ll make sure you have the space to do that,’ ” he said.
Corporon said the rally organizers decided not to move or reschedule the event, in part because it’s happened annually in Civic Center for five years. Related Articles
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“We’re exercising our constitutional right to peacefully assemble, and we have no intention of giving up that ground to these domestic terrorists,” Corporon said, referring to the counter-protesters. He added that he believes Pazen doesn’t support his own officers.
“This chief of police is the guy who walked hand-in-hand with Black Lives Matter,” he said, describing that movement as a push towards anarchy.
Campbell said Denver police have not called in any extra officers for Sunday afternoon’s events, but said officers would be on hand.
“In the event it becomes contentious we’ll absolutely do what we can to make sure everybody is safe,” he said. “But I don’t think we’re going to prevent one side from being heard or make sure one side is louder or anything like that. Our job is to make sure that everybody’s rights are respected and we ensure everyone’s safety.”
Updated link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6XdpDOH1JA
Now let's do shareholders... get us together to tell these CEOs what we think of political activism.
Why yes, yes I can see how that would be annoying. Or to call them a troll for no reason and tell them goodbye, when they are in a new community of like minded folks.
What was that comment about? I'm a troll? I send content and a link to inflationary pressure causing buybacks of change and you call me a troll? WTF r you?
When Q asks who owns the major media companies... big pharma owns them... see every single commercial during the night news.This EO will be fought tooth and nail, Biden on the side of pharma, news... epic gangster move by Trump!!! Who thinks we should pay what Canadians pay for insulin? Me! Why does US fund drug research for the world?