From Twitter:
quote from bystander watching officers last night on 16th St. "What the hell is wrong with the police?" people get the point
There are reports that one of those arrested now has two herniated discs in their neck from being assaulted by the police last night. I can empathize with the pain this entails.
The Occupy Denver encampment never discussed participating in the Fuck the Police March but many Occupiers were in attendance.
How does your city measure up?
In our 2010 Semi-Annual Statistical Report Denver was the sixth worst city as ranked by Police Misconduct Rate for cities that had police departments with more than 1,000 sworn law enforcement officers out of about 63 such agencies that we tracked.
City State Officers Involved PMR
1 Atlanta GA 53 6547.25
2 New Orleans LA 36 4972.38
3 Fort Worth TX 23 3095.56
4 Louisville Metro KY 17 2816.90
5 Jacksonville FL 21 2480.80
6 Denver CO 19 2465.93
7 Newark NJ 16 2429.76
8 Nashville TN 14 2276.42
9 Detroit MI 33 2176.78
10 Seattle WA 14 2124.43
11 Orange County FL 13 2091.71
12 Dallas TX 33 1945.18
13 Orange County CA 16 1726.00
14 Prince George’s County MD 15 1724.14
15 Memphis TN 18 1715.92
16 Miami FL 9 1677.54
17 Baltimore MD 26 1671.49
18 Palm Beach County FL 10 1598.72
19 Milwaukee WI 16 1587.30
20 Jefferson Parish LA 7 1393.03