DNC Detention Camps Spark Outcry
With the 2008 Democratic Nation Convention convening on the 25th, there have already been a few voices raised about security and the right to protest. Protesting that the National Conventions seems to be a historical outlet for the nation’s grievances. But it seems that the city of Denver, which is hosting the event, had already decided how and where to deal with all the protesters.
In large fenced area in a warehouse that once housed voting machines.
The police and the city were very hush-hush about the entire issue, and were not forthcoming when the even broke into the public eye. The fact that they have built the detainment centers before the event begins means that they anticipate confrontations with the protesters. Perhaps, rather than preparing for violence that hasn’t happened yet, tax dollars would be better spent on listening to the issues of the tax-payers voicing their problems.
The single best quote I’ve heard about this issue so far is was by Glenn Spagnuolo at a press conference about the detention camps:
This facility has a long history,” he told a small gathering of reporters. “The city pulled its voting machines from here because the building gets too hot. Yet now, they’ll put people in there who use those machines to vote.
“There are no toilets there. There’s no water, no fire suppression. The city should be ashamed. It needs to stop criminalizing protests.” [emphasis added]
Hopefully one day both sides will decide to meet together and discuss this rather than viewing protests of this nature as warzones to compete in. The escalation of violence in situations like this do not bode well for the future of our supposed democracy.
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