From the first day, the state of Colorado used High Activity Location Observation video-surveillance program (HALO) to continually monitor the peaceful political assembly and myself. All local monitoring and repression was directed by the highest levels of both the federal government and the private interest, which control the federal government. The State of Colorado installed the HALO system in order to monitor and repress political opinion during the Democratic National Convention in 2008.
I started sleeping on the sidewalk in front of Lincoln Park to maintain a constant presence as was being done in other cities across the world. As the peaceful assembly began to grow, Lincoln Park a became a hub of constant political discussions which included The Thunderdome, a free kitchen, a medical station, staffed by registered nurses and information desk, which provided a wide litany of political information. This was all created under the constant eye of law enforcement; knowing the state will eventually silence our expression as was done countless times in the past.
The HALO cameras also provided law enforcement information on when we would have structured political discussions. The day after I started sleeping down in Lincoln Park the first structured political discussion of the assembly, dubbed Occupy Denver, took place. This discussion was immediately was interrupted by a state trooper who questioned our reasons for discussing politics on state property and then went on to inform the group that we had to vacate state property a 10 o’clock. This caused some people to leave the park completely in fear of being arrested and brutalized by law enforcement. The officer was very confrontational and this was the first interaction between the State and peaceful political assembly. As with this political discussions and at every point we tried to advance our peaceful political expression or provide basic amenities, food, water, shelter, the state came and threatened us with arrest.
Around day 7 the Thunderdome was erected. Law enforcement flaccidly tried to use health code violations to prevent The Thunderdome from feeding hungry people. When the information table began displaying political pamphlets the state attempted to enforce an anti-encumbrance law in order to prevent it form exesting. The medical station was said it could not exist because of health and safety reasons, although no specific reasons could be given by law enforcement. Health, safety and anti-encumbrance laws would be the template used by private interests and the federal government to permit states to sadistically violate our human rights.
As food and water we covered by the Thunderdome, I decided to pop a tent in order to provide people assembled with shelter during the upcoming winter season. Upon setting up my tent, law enforcement officers were alerted via the HALO cameras. Law enforcement quickly approached me and informed me that I was breaking the law, although none of the officers questioned could provide me with what law I was breaking, which is a come theme of law enforcement. They also informed me if I did not take down the tent I was subject to arrest. I did not take down the tent.
Shortly after popping my tent members of the public, wanting to express their political opinion, came down and began popping tents as well. By the end of the first day there were a total of 5 tents. As food, water and shelter were taken care of, something the state would not provide, many began to voice their political opinion. People did this through many means and by popping tents in Lincoln Park, as tents are seen to represent the plight of the masses and for many tents are their only home.
Tents being a person´s only form of refuge can be seen in hundreds if not thousands of tent cities throughout Colorado. The state primarily uses force and imprisonment to deal with the situation of tent cities and homelessness. As homeless people began coming down and voicing their political opinion about their situation, law enforcement used them as well “anarchists” to propagandize the protests as possibly violent violations of health and safety and nothing more than a homeless encampment. Propagandizing the assembly in this manner allowed law enforcement to use unrestricted violence. The following days the state began to talk openly about repressing us. This was how the whole federally directed campaign was to be focused as it drew attention away from the exact concerns which were being raised.
The best example of the states want to persecute people based on their political beliefs is when Gov. John Hickenlooper said,
"As close as I can understand, they're on state property -- but we don't have a jail to put them in, and we haven't been able to find a way that the city, that the district attorney will prosecute.”
It is clear the state did not want to take in to consideration the very real grievances the people have. Instead they simply want to arrest us in order to silence our political opinion. Governor Hickenlooper as Mayor of Denver built a 635 million dollar jail which I eventuly was put in.
The Mayor of Denver Michael Hancock went as far as to imply we were nothing more than criminals and a danger to the safety of Denver.
"I know there's economic pain, but even though I empathize, my job is to uphold the law and keep Denver safe."
There are many instances in the following days where the bureaucracy chose to ignore our grievances and continue to call for our arrest. The state during this time was looking for ways to arrest us as there was a conflict of jurisdiction, as the state had no jails to cage us and the City and County of Denver who had the jail did not have jurisdiction to arrest us on state property.
"We have to figure out exactly how we're going to work the jurisdictional issues," he added -- and "that process appears to be underway." Colorado State Patrol spokesman Sergeant Mike Baker says.
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, again ignored the grievances of the people and worked with the state to criminalize us.
“We're just requesting protesters to disperse lawfully and peaceably at night in order to avoid confrontation."
This quote by the mayor is a reminder of the public the “confrontation” people expressing their political opinions have faced at the hands of the State throughout the years. Michael Hancock also stated it was only allowed to go on as long as it has because he assumed we would tire of exercising our political opinion.
"I initially expected it would be just a few days and then it would fizzle," says Hancock, who expressed worry about the safety of the protesters, the police and the property. "And then you wonder what kind of precedent this is setting."
Knowing the confrontation we had in store for us, would be indiscriminate use of force and violence, The members of the peaceful political assembly wrote a letter to Gov. John Hickenlooper. This letter pleaded to Gov. Hickenlooper to respect our human rights to peacefully assemble and voice our political opinion. A storm of violent political repression was about the bear down upon myself and the other people peacefully assembled.
This storm ensued when Governor Hickenlooper made an official statement decreeing Lincoln Park closed and the reason for dispersing Occupy Denver:
"This is about health [and] safety of the Occupy Denver protesters, and the public."
Without thought, Governor Hickenlooper classifies the public assembly as something different than the general public and contends city ordinances and ambiguous health and safety issues and permits override our human rights to peacefully assemble. This was the continuation a campagin that began before the assembly started, led by the highest levels of government in order to violently repress people's political opinion. The state did not respect our human rights they were simply buying time so they could change the rules and regulations and these changes can go through the bureaucracy.
The governments around the nation had to violently repress our voice because we were bring up issues which the state was unwilling and unable to address, issues such as the War on Drugs, homelessness and private control of the political process. The state maintains that it was necessary to enforce the ordinances for matters of health and safety, even though we had a health code-compliant free-standing kitchen that serves scrumptious snacks and delicious hot meals 24-hours a day, and a fully-stocked and staffed medical tent. Both services the city and state would not provide for the people.
How did the State of Colorado, Gov. John Hickenlooper, State Law Enforcement and Mayor Michael Hancock respect the absolute human rights to peacefully assemble and to form political opinions?
This is how the state did it on Friday October 14, 2011
Illegal Closure of Lincoln Park.
Shortly after popping my tent members of the public, wanting to express their political opinion, came down and began popping tents as well. By the end of the first day there were a total of 5 tents. As food, water and shelter were taken care of, something the state would not provide, many began to voice their political opinion. People did this through many means and by popping tents in Lincoln Park, as tents are seen to represent the plight of the masses and for many tents are their only home.
Tents being a person´s only form of refuge can be seen in hundreds if not thousands of tent cities throughout Colorado. The state primarily uses force and imprisonment to deal with the situation of tent cities and homelessness. As homeless people began coming down and voicing their political opinion about their situation, law enforcement used them as well “anarchists” to propagandize the protests as possibly violent violations of health and safety and nothing more than a homeless encampment. Propagandizing the assembly in this manner allowed law enforcement to use unrestricted violence. The following days the state began to talk openly about repressing us. This was how the whole federally directed campaign was to be focused as it drew attention away from the exact concerns which were being raised.
The best example of the states want to persecute people based on their political beliefs is when Gov. John Hickenlooper said,
"As close as I can understand, they're on state property -- but we don't have a jail to put them in, and we haven't been able to find a way that the city, that the district attorney will prosecute.”
It is clear the state did not want to take in to consideration the very real grievances the people have. Instead they simply want to arrest us in order to silence our political opinion. Governor Hickenlooper as Mayor of Denver built a 635 million dollar jail which I eventuly was put in.
The Mayor of Denver Michael Hancock went as far as to imply we were nothing more than criminals and a danger to the safety of Denver.
"I know there's economic pain, but even though I empathize, my job is to uphold the law and keep Denver safe."
There are many instances in the following days where the bureaucracy chose to ignore our grievances and continue to call for our arrest. The state during this time was looking for ways to arrest us as there was a conflict of jurisdiction, as the state had no jails to cage us and the City and County of Denver who had the jail did not have jurisdiction to arrest us on state property.
"We have to figure out exactly how we're going to work the jurisdictional issues," he added -- and "that process appears to be underway." Colorado State Patrol spokesman Sergeant Mike Baker says.
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, again ignored the grievances of the people and worked with the state to criminalize us.
“We're just requesting protesters to disperse lawfully and peaceably at night in order to avoid confrontation."
This quote by the mayor is a reminder of the public the “confrontation” people expressing their political opinions have faced at the hands of the State throughout the years. Michael Hancock also stated it was only allowed to go on as long as it has because he assumed we would tire of exercising our political opinion.
"I initially expected it would be just a few days and then it would fizzle," says Hancock, who expressed worry about the safety of the protesters, the police and the property. "And then you wonder what kind of precedent this is setting."
Knowing the confrontation we had in store for us, would be indiscriminate use of force and violence, The members of the peaceful political assembly wrote a letter to Gov. John Hickenlooper. This letter pleaded to Gov. Hickenlooper to respect our human rights to peacefully assemble and voice our political opinion. A storm of violent political repression was about the bear down upon myself and the other people peacefully assembled.
This storm ensued when Governor Hickenlooper made an official statement decreeing Lincoln Park closed and the reason for dispersing Occupy Denver:
"This is about health [and] safety of the Occupy Denver protesters, and the public."
Without thought, Governor Hickenlooper classifies the public assembly as something different than the general public and contends city ordinances and ambiguous health and safety issues and permits override our human rights to peacefully assemble. This was the continuation a campagin that began before the assembly started, led by the highest levels of government in order to violently repress people's political opinion. The state did not respect our human rights they were simply buying time so they could change the rules and regulations and these changes can go through the bureaucracy.
The governments around the nation had to violently repress our voice because we were bring up issues which the state was unwilling and unable to address, issues such as the War on Drugs, homelessness and private control of the political process. The state maintains that it was necessary to enforce the ordinances for matters of health and safety, even though we had a health code-compliant free-standing kitchen that serves scrumptious snacks and delicious hot meals 24-hours a day, and a fully-stocked and staffed medical tent. Both services the city and state would not provide for the people.
How did the State of Colorado, Gov. John Hickenlooper, State Law Enforcement and Mayor Michael Hancock respect the absolute human rights to peacefully assemble and to form political opinions?
This is how the state did it on Friday October 14, 2011
Illegal Closure of Lincoln Park.
Law enforcement using militarized gear to disburse a peaceful assembly.
More law enforcement dress in paramilitary gear preparing to violate peoples human right to peaceful assembly
State Patrol also participating in the violation of peoples human rights.
Law enforcement preparing to assault people
Law enforcement assaulting a woman based on her political opinion
The State terrorizing people peacefully expression their political opinion
The State of Colorado in coordination with other cities, the federal government and private interests purposely criminalized people’s political opinions and used force to repress peaceful political assemblies. The state is on record, during my trial in Andrew Rudolph´s court room, saying various levels of government discussed illegally ordering Lincoln Park closed. Lincoln Park had never been closed in the history of the state. Yet to uphold anonymous complaints about health and safety and minor municipal violations the state took steps never before seen in the state, completely without public input, which is a criminal violation. As the Colorado Sunshine laws clearly states.
(2) (a) All meetings of two or more members of any state public body at which any public business is discussed or at which any formal action may be taken are declared to be public meetings open to the public at all times.
(8) No resolution, rule, regulation, ordinance, or formal action of a state or local public body shall be valid unless taken or made at a meeting that meets the requirements of subsection (2) of this section.
Even though the state took unprecedented and illegal steps to close Lincoln Park, The Thunderdome where I was expressing my political opinion and feeding hungry people, was never in the park. It was set up on the sidewalk in front of the park. Although 5 tons of free food was stolen and destroyed when law enforcement destroyed the tents which were set up in the park. The people peacefully assembling to discuss their political opinions and enjoy the fine food and wonderful conversation in front of the Thunderdome, which was not in the illegally closed park, were also arrested. The vast majority of the charges were Unlawful Conduct on State Property. The sidewalk where the Thunderdome was set up was city property and everyone was legally occupying city property. This is but one of the many illegal and focused steps private businesses directing the federal and state governments took to repress political opinion and peaceful assembly. All additional documentation can be provided by the state of Colorado and the city and county of Denver.
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