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**Deengealf** · 08-26-2008, 01:55 AM

City reopens roads due to lack of protestor attendance

posted by: Sara Gandy reported by: Chris Vanderveen updated by: Jeffrey Wolf 3 hrs ago
DENVER – The city of Denver reopened some of the closed roads in downtown Denver on Monday because of lack of participation and low attendance in a protest parade.

The city reopened westbound Colfax Avenue from Bannock Street to Speer Boulevard and southbound Speer Boulevard from Arapahoe Street to Colfax.

The city says these roads will stay open if the scheduled parades can be safely accommodated.

The roads were originally supposed to reopen at 3 p.m. on Monday after being closed at 11 a.m., but the city reopened them by noon instead.

A few hundred protestors did show up for a protest during the lunch hour on Monday. They walked from Civic Center Park to the U.S. Courthouse at 19th and Stout on Monday much to the bewilderment of lunch goers on the 16th Street Mall.

Chanting "No Justice, No Peace!" the group caused a few minor traffic delays, but no major issues were seen.

The group is seeking more attention of political prisoners in the United States as well as abroad.

Many people eating lunch along the 16th Street Mall were clearly caught off-guard by the protest. Many simply chose to wait it out by snapping a few pictures with their cell phone cameras.

08-26-2008, 01:55 AM	#19
Deengealf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 523 Senior Member	City reopens roads due to lack of protestor attendance posted by: Sara Gandy reported by: Chris Vanderveen updated by: Jeffrey Wolf 3 hrs ago DENVER – The city of Denver reopened some of the closed roads in downtown Denver on Monday because of lack of participation and low attendance in a protest parade. The city reopened westbound Colfax Avenue from Bannock Street to Speer Boulevard and southbound Speer Boulevard from Arapahoe Street to Colfax. The city says these roads will stay open if the scheduled parades can be safely accommodated. The roads were originally supposed to reopen at 3 p.m. on Monday after being closed at 11 a.m., but the city reopened them by noon instead. A few hundred protestors did show up for a protest during the lunch hour on Monday. They walked from Civic Center Park to the U.S. Courthouse at 19th and Stout on Monday much to the bewilderment of lunch goers on the 16th Street Mall. Chanting "No Justice, No Peace!" the group caused a few minor traffic delays, but no major issues were seen. The group is seeking more attention of political prisoners in the United States as well as abroad. Many people eating lunch along the 16th Street Mall were clearly caught off-guard by the protest. Many simply chose to wait it out by snapping a few pictures with their cell phone cameras.
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