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Sep 5, 2008 6:27 am US/Mountain

Protest Groups Had Fewer Problems In Denver

Reporting
Shaun Boyd
DENVER (CBS4) ― Protest groups are crediting the Denver Police with making the city more peaceful during the Democratic National Convention than St. Paul, Minn. has been during the Republican Party event.

Officers in the Twin Cities have made more than 400 arrests. Denver police arrested 150 during the week of the DNC.

There were many more protesters in St. Paul than in Denver though. The Mile High City thought 20,000 people might show up to march. The number was more like 5,000.

Still, protest organizers believe the Denver Police had a different approach than those in St. Paul.

"We began meeting with the city over a year ago to make it clear to them we wanted to have non-violent, peaceful protests demonstrations," said Mark Cohen, one DNC protest organizer.

"The fact we had talked with a lot of these people across the table before the DNC, had a good dialogue, looked them in the eye and showed respect, I think made a huge difference," said Sonny Jackson, Denver police spokesman.

Protesters may have also been more of a problem in St. Paul because of the Republican Party's politics. Many protest groups generally have more differences with the GOP than democrats.

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