Final post for today... DU meetup, protesters, and a special treat for DC DUers!

[Elad]

So, on our way out of the Pepsi Center security perimeter on our way to the DU meetup, what do we see, other than the anti-war protesters gathered right outside our parking garage. The police were very obviously preparing for the worst. They were rolling in vans, buses and other methods of transporting detainees on the other side of the security perimeter. They had squads and squads of officers in riot gear waiting at various points near the Pepsi Center, inside the security perimeter, ready to deploy. Luckily, I hear the anti-war marchers were told that a representative for Obama would meet with them and everything cooled down.

Here are some of the preparations the police were making behind the security perimeter of the Pepsi Center. I asked one of the officers if they were preparing for the anti-war marchers, he responded "Yes sir."



This is a large squad of horseback cops heading to stand next to the security gate as the marchers gathered just outside the gate



Assembled horseback cops..



SUVs full of cops in riot gear sitting behind the horseback cops... squads like this were positioned on virtually every portion of the security perimeter.



The protesters started moving to a new location, and the cops followed at a respectable distance



The officers guarding the entrance where you need credentials to pass suddenly increased in number and looked a lot more intimidating...



Anyway, on to merrier things! :)

The DU meetup was great! It was so nice to meet so many local DU posters, you all made me feel great. DU wouldn't be possible without all of you. Hissyspit, Ava and others took more pictures than I did, but here are a couple...





And finally, I saw this tree near the Pepsi Center and thought it was kind of amusing... It's a young tree, and on it is a plague that says, "This tree was planted in honor of the delegation from District of Columbia"... So rest assured guys, you may not have a vote in congress, but you have a tree in Denver with a plague on it. :)





Till tomorrow!