Melissa Golden

NEWS & POLITICS: Outside the DNC

A truck draped with an oversized copy of the U.S. Constitution sits near a highway in Denver during the Democratic National Convention.
   
Police presence is strong as the city of Mounted police units guard the Denver Mint as the city tries to maintain order during the Democratic National Convention. About 100 protesters were arrested after clashing with police during a confrontation with approximately 300 protesters blocking traffic.
  
Marching for a mixed bag of causes, protesters took to the streets of Denver on the first day of the Democratic National Convention. Police presence is strong as the city tries to maintain order. About 100 protesters were arrested after clashing with police.
     
  
Police presence is strong as the city of Denver tries to maintain order during the Democratic National Convention. About 100 protesters were arrested after clashing with police during a confrontation with approximately 300 protesters blocking traffic.
  
Marching for a mixed bag of causes, protesters took to the streets of Denver on the first day of the Democratic National Convention. Police presence is strong as the city tries to maintain order. About 100 protesters were arrested after clashing with police.
   
Denver police stand behind a wall with anti-law enforcement graffiti during a protest.
     
  
A flowers rests at the feet of a police officer standing in a perimeter line around a group of protesters.
   
A man with a megaphone marches in a protest during the Democratic National Convention. A group known as "Recreate '68" was one of the protest groups that advocated a violent clash between police and protesters during the convention.
   
The Iraq Veterans Against the War led an anti-war protest from the Denver Coliseum, where the band Rage Against the Machine played a free concert, to the Pepsi Center on Wednesday, August 27, 2008. The crowd of over 3,000 marched three miles to deliver a letter to Barack Obama endorsing the idea of an immediate withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.
     
  
Police watch as a large crowd of protesters make their way down the streets of Denver as the Iraq Veterans Against the War lead an anti-war protest of over 3,000 supporters to the Pepsi Center. The group demanded to deliver a letter to Barack Obama endorsing the idea of an immediate withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.
   
Supporters of The Iraq Veterans Against the War followed behind the group as they led an anti-war protest from the Denver Coliseum, where the band Rage Against the Machine played a free concert, to the Pepsi Center on Wednesday, August 27, 2008. The crowd of over 3,000 marched three miles to deliver a letter to Barack Obama endorsing the idea of an immediate withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.
  
Police guard the Pepsi Center in Denver as the Iraq Veterans Against the War, which led an anti-war protest of over 3,000 supporters, demand to deliver a letter to Barack Obama endorsing the idea of an immediate withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.
     
  
A t-shirt featuring Barack Obama and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is for sale as vendors in Denver hope to cash in on the crowds on the eve of the Democratic National Convention.
  
Invesco Field is host to Barack Obama as he accepts the Democratic nomination for the presidency on the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Thursday, August 28, 2008.
  
Sisters Ryan and Devin Lee beg for tickets outside Invesco Field on the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Thursday, August 28, 2008. Devin has a ticket, but says she can't go in without her sister who does not.
     
  
Barack Obama is projected on a large outdoor screen in downtown Denver as he accepts the Democratic nomination for the presidency on the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
   
People watch on a large outdoor screen as Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination for the presidency on the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
   
People watch on a large outdoor screen as Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination for the presidency on the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
     
  
People watch on a large outdoor screen as Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination for the presidency on the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.