Could Chaos Break out at the Democrat Convention?
by Jeff Davis
The United States government already acknowledges the existence of secret prisons in foreign countries used for “extraordinary rendition” so that prisoners can be tortured beyond the access of the U.S. courts. Now they’re bringing the first secret prisons and concentration camps to the United States itself. The Denver police admit that they have established a secret prison for protesters and other prisoners arrested at the Democratic national convention next week, who might be prone to mar the coronation of the Funky Monkey with unseemly questions and noise.
Channel 9 News in Denver reports that “The makeshift holding center, dubbed Gitmo on the Platte by activists, is located on city-owned property near Steele Street and 38th Avenue. Newly-installed security cameras guard the exterior, chain-link fences and barbed wire form cells inside. ‘We feel the city should be ashamed of this secret prison they’ve set up,” said Re-create ‘68 organizer Glenn Spagnuolo.” (more…)