The convention is over in Denver and now all eyes turn to St. Paul. Protests have already begun in the Twin Cities and there are concerns that police violence on peaceful demonstrations will occur in the Twin Cites as it did this week in Denver.

Monday night in Denver saw police violence and mass arrests of peaceful protesters near the Civic Center Park. Hundreds were penned in by police and about 100 arrests were made. Police used pepper spray and fired pepper balls into the demonstration. Despite reports by corporate media outlets that the police were responding to “rocks and missiles” thrown at them no evidence of this has surfaced to date. Testimony from eye witnesses at the scene and video of the event tell a different story.