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Sunday, August 24, 2008
Democratic convention preparations
Last-minute preparations and wiring are underway in the Pepsi Center as Denver prepares for the Monday opening of the Democratic National Convention.
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John Lewis to appear in Kennedy documentary
Rep. John Lewis of Georgia will appear in what will likely be the emotional high point in Monday’s festivities at the Democratic Convention in Denver—the screening of a documentary about the life and times of ailing Sen. Ted Kennedy.
According to Politico, Lewis will join Kennedy and his wife in the documentary produced by Ken Burns, who made “The Civil War” and “Baseball,” among other productions.
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Police respond quickly and quietly to protest rumor at Democratic convention
Unity is one of the major themes of the Democratic National Convention, which opens Monday and ends Thursday with the nomination of Barack Obama to be president of the United States.
But the watchword Sunday, on the eve of the gathering, was security, especially amid rumors that protesters were preparing to rush the security check point into the convention complex.
As protesters marched by the check point, one of them beating a steady cadence on a drum, the number of riot-equipped law enforcement officers at the site increased suddenly and noticeably. But when no confrontation occurred, the extra officers dispersed almost as quickly as they had arrived.
Denver officials have said they hope to avoid the kind of mass arrests and extended detentions that have occurred recently at other national conventions.
Even so, police distributed a pamphlet reminding protesters of where they have a right do demonstrate and warning them they can be arrested if they refuse a lawful order to disperse.
Glenn Spagnuolo, co-founder of Recreate 68, an anti-war group that was expected to lead the first protests Sunday, responded to the police pamphlet with disdain: “We have a pamphlet called the Constitution,” he said in a statement. “A lot of us have read it already.”
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Party with the press at the Democratic National Convention
Check out the Saturday night media party at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.