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Legal Department Docket, 2002-Present

Case Name: Defense of demonstrators arrested at Denver peace march, 9/29/01
ACLU Case Number: 2001-19

Description: At a peace march that drew 1000 participants in Denver on September 29, 2001, police were on the lookout for persons who were dressed in black clothing or were covering their faces. Police had a standing order that day to temporarily detain anyone fitting that "profile" and ask them for identification and an explanation of their actions. According to the order, "if the people were uncooperative, upon being contacted, they would be arrested for interference or any other appropriate charge." Nine individuals were arrested in apparent reliance on this order. Two obtained their own attorneys, and the ACLU provided criminal defense attorneys for the remaining seven.

Issues: Right to petition for redress of grievances; police practices

ACLU of Colorado Attorneys: Frank Moya, Fredric Winocur; James A. Castle; Daniel N. Recht, John E. Mosby; Elisa J. Moran, Tracy McGuire

Links to Selected Documents:

Letter dated January 16, 2002, from Mark Silverstein, ACLU Legal Director to Denver Police Chief Gerald Whitman

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