Denver City Councilor Charlie Brown talked with Mayor John Hickenlooper on 4/16 and the two "discussed 'trying to get away from having lines of police officers.'" Brown: "We don't want to provoke violence." More: "We aren't going to cage protesters." Brown made his comments at the Denver law school, where local law groups are sponsoring a four-day series of workshops and discussions that offer training and tips for activists and protesters "planning to demonstrate" in and around convo week. Re-Create 68 rep. Glenn Spagnuolo "charged that Denver planned to keep protesters as much as a mile away from the Pepsi Center," where the convo is to be held. Denver convo cmte dir. Mike Dino told a group of business executives at the Pepsi Center that the one-mile radius was a rumor. Brown said he expected details of the perimeter to be released in 6 to 8 weeks (Plunkett, Denver Post, 4/17).

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