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Catholic News Agency
February 8, 2018
Some of them, like the camping ban, are an unintended consequence of laws aimed at specific groups - the camping ban was enacted to break up Occupy Denver, a spin-off of Occupy Wall Street, back in 2012. Another Denver ordinance, aimed at minimizing the often-rowdy 4/20 marijuana rallies, had theÃâà...
Progressive.org
November 1, 2017
Despite opposition from some Denver activists and homeless advocacy organizations, the ban passed the city council on a 9-4 vote in May 2012. That was just eight months after Occupy Wall Street had taken root in New York City and spread across the country. Occupy Denver was going strong that spring,Ãâà...
Denver Post
August 30, 2012
A few Occupy Denver protesters with signs mingled unremarkably with bargain-hunters with tents outside the Sports Authority 's Denver Sports Castle Wednesday night. “Tents for all” proclaimed one cardboard sign. Occupy Denver, the outpost that sprang from the Occupy Wall Street anti-greed campaignÃâà...
Huffington Post
April 30, 2012
Occupy Wall Street activists are preparing for a nationwide series of demonstrations and are calling for a “general strike” on Tuesday, May 1st—also known as “May Day” or “International Workers' Day”—and Occupy Denver has just released its own schedule of events for the day of protest in Denver.
CNN
November 18, 2011
Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey said Thursday that three Occupy Denver activists have been charged with felonies -- including inciting a riot and second-degree assault on an officer. While Occupy Wall Street protests began in New York two months ago, the movement has spread to several otherÃâà...
CNN International
November 14, 2011
What started as the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York in September has spread across cities worldwide as a call to action against unequal ... In Denver, police arrested three protesters on Sunday, a day after taking 17 people into custody in a dispute over clearing furniture and tents that city officialsÃâà...
CBS News
October 30, 2011
DENVER - Denver's Civic Center Park is calm a day after Occupy Wall Street protesters clashed with police in the city's most violent confrontation yet. About 100 people slept overnight in the park, lying near sidewalks under sleeping bags and tarps. There were no tents to be seen, after Denver police andÃâà...
CBS News
October 29, 2011
Updated 9:55 PM EST. DENVER - Police have moved into an encampment of Occupy Wall Street supporters and are arresting demonstrators who have ignored orders to leave. The police action this evening comes just hours after a standoff between protesters and authorities near the steps of the ColoradoÃâà...
Denver Post
October 14, 2011
The Occupy Denver movement has mirrored similar movements across the country that started with New York City's Occupy Wall Street, which protesters say is a response to frustration over what they view as the country's inequitable financial system. There have been no reports of Occupy camps beingÃâà...
Huffington Post
October 3, 2011
Occupy Denver is a local protest in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. The Wall Street protest is entering its third week of demonstrations in Zuccotti Park which escalated over the weekend with approximately 700 arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge. The Daily Mail reports that what started with 12 students in WallÃâà...
