How many protesters will be arrested during the DNC?

GREAT question! I totally love this one :-D

GREAT question!
Even though I expect a lot of activity on a citizen activist level, I also think Gov Ritter (famed for "Agricultural Trespass" release of illegal aliens accused of selling drugs) and Mayor Hickenlooper ("Yes my restaurant hired the illegal alien that shot and killed that cop, but no the buck doesn't stop here") want to limit the number of arrests to avoid the appearance of disruption at the Democratic National Convention.

Civic Center Park will be an interesting place to visit during late August.

Well, I imagine it will be a lot tamer than 1968 Chicago. But, I still expect there to be a lot of folks whisked off to the poky before the event comes to a close.

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_9916357

The thing that makes this a tricky question is Mayor (C)Hickenlooper. Look at his lack of response when the Indian activists annually disrupt the Columbus Day Parade.

He is not like Mayor Daily from Chicago 1968 days. Now there was a Mayor who KNEW how to bust some heads. . .

I'm not sure that "Hick" will be controlling everything that (un)tightly. I gather that since he has a "D" next to his name, from your perspective his every action is suspect. But, as a local moderate I find his running of the office pretty agreeable.

I have noticed however, that the current way of managing protesters by organizers (of both liberal & conservative bents) has been to arrest them & lock them up (see my last posting of a URL ~ the RNC in 2004 - Bloomberg (I) was in office) until the event is over & then release them w/o charges.

After some study, my money is on 1000+.

Interesting post :-)

I think most of the DNC event is out of Hick's hands. DNC obviously wants the event to come off cleanly, to reinforce the image of Obama as their candidate.

I want to go and photograph some of the action, but am afraid that I will get hauled off to the pokey. Now there is a hidden jail, that some are referring to as "Gitmo on the Platte". It will probably be a temporary detention center, as you suggest. The freedom fence sounds like a complete waste of chain-link.

Sending the homeless to the movies and to the zoo, sounds like a pretty strange way to cleanse the Denver image.

And how about the news of the guy found dead in the Burnsley Hotel, with a pound of Cyanide in his possession. He had no job, but his family said he went on vacation. (??) I was starting to think he was just a traveling Cyanide salesman. LOL. He is a Canadian Muslim, but he is not getting much press. At least, not as much as he should be getting.

I am frustrated with Hick's repeated assertions that Denver is NOT a sanctuary city, but just a "normal" town where you don't need an ID to vote and where the police are not allowed to ask about your nationality. Especially after the illegal who worked at one of his restaurants, escaped to Mexico after killing the cop. To be fair, he was later returned to the US for prosecution.

But the "R's" are not doing much either. Bush wants to merge Canada and Mexico with the US, to compete with the UK better. I am about ready to vote the entire lot out of office.

I just hope Congress STAYS on vacation. Right now, our country is probably better off without em.

Just found this article about the many activists who will be on hand
Guests include but not limited to, Cindy Sheehan, Ward Churchill and former Black Panthers.
I predict it will get really out of hand, after "Rage against the Machine" plays at the anti-war rally.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/politics/17226029/detail.html

I particularly liked the levitating mint part. :)
DPD has set down the rules:

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10245448

"We have a pamphlet called the Constitution. A lot of us have read it already," he said - Glenn Spagnuolo, co-founder of protest group Recreate 68

touché!!!

Ready to process 60 people an hour...

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10255788
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/20/razor-wire-trimmed-democratic-convention-jail-faci/