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To: Ken Adams who wrote (165696)	8/5/2008 1:21:06 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

At least there won't be buckets of urine and feces thrown around. The Denver City Council says so. Those darling protesters wouldn't think of doing that now would they? After all, past protests have been so peaceful, full of love and flowers. One of their spokesman is outraged that the city would suggest such a thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Imagine a great city free of buckets of urine and feces If you were planning to carry your personal excretable waste products around in a bucket, we've got some bad news for you. The Denver City Council says you should just move along and leave the bucket at home. In a law aimed at imagined protests at the Democratic National Convention, the council banned feces, urine as well as chains, padlocks and other locking devices with the intent of blocking public access or emergency equipment or to thwart crowd control measure, reports Daniel J. Chacon. Representatives from some of the groups planning large-scale protests during the DNC this month said the ordinance was unnecessary and accused city officials of fear mongering. "The intent of this ordinance is to try to smear protesters and make them look as if they are somehow criminal or somehow going to engage in some kind of gross conduct," said Glenn Spagnuolo, an organizer with the Re- create 68 Alliance. Safety Manager Al LaCabe said the law will be applied in situations when certain items are going to be used in a disruptive way. He said officers will consider the totality of the circumstances. "Our intent for this bill is not about suppressing or chilling First Amendment rights," he said. Think the council is overreacting and trying to cast demonstrators as violent? Is the law necessary to protect police and other emergency workers? Think it will make Denver look silly? blogs.rockymountainnews.com