By Hawk | TruthAlliance.net | Aug. 25th 2008

ReCreate 68 kicked it off Sunday, just one day prior to the official start date of the DNC with a number of speakers including Cynthia Mckinney and Cindy Sheehan at  Civic City Park in front of the capital steps. After marching from civic center park to the Pepsi Center where the convention will convene Monday the protesters started to disperse after being told to turn around by riot police. It seemed like the protest and March may have died out then, but it didn’t stop there and took on a life of its own once the protesters regrouped in front of th Capital building.

Around 1pm the protesters took to Lincoln Street, a major artery running directly through the capital building and Civic Center Park. Upon being confronted by fully equipped armed police the protesters did an about face making a b-line down a major one way street brining downtown traffic to a stand still. Upon approaching the 16th street pedestrian mall this large masked mob began to make its way down one of the busiest shopping avenues in Denver, stopping bus traffic and setting shoppers on edge.

This marching came to an abrupt end on Stout St. and 15th St. when the protesters found themselves face to face with a wall of armed police in full riot gear with no intention of letting them past. A very tense moment especially with our guys from WeAreChangeColorado.org and Luke Rudkowski being smack dab in the middle of the blockade. Fortunately after what amounted to a Mexican standoff between masked protesters and police, the officers did allow small groups to filter out on the west side of the street until the crowd was almost completely dispersed.

Interestingly enough after having squelched this uprising, the police seemed to turn the street corner on 15th and Stout Street into a parade of their own, as mounted police, riot police, and convoys began to make their way up and down 15th in an obvious show of strength.

An interesting kick off to a much anticipated convention. We will have live streams available during the DNC start date of Mon. 25th.

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