A Walk Through Occupy Denver – Video & Pics

Just west of the capitol building is the Occupy Denver movement.   I’ve been wanting to walk through here for a while to check it out.  Today I got my chance after work.

Here’s about 4 minutes of raw video I shot with my cell phone as I walked through the area full of tents.  There’s some commentary.  I spoke to one protestor and got video of a booth of people who were handing out free food.

Here are some photos I snapped in the area.

I was only there for a few minutes, so my observations clearly aren’t representative of the whole Occupy Denver movement.  Here’s what I saw while I was there briefly:

-Passionate protestors with signs who seem to believe in what they’re doing

-I couldn’t tell if some people were homeless or if they were there to truly protest.  I don’t mean to offend, but I’m just being honest.  A lot of people were sleeping at around 5:30 pm when I got there.   I saw a couple of shopping carts next to tents too.

-I could smell marijuana constantly and I saw some folks drinking beer.  A very Woodstock vibe.

-It doesn’t appear to be out of control at all.  There seems to be a self-controlled order to the area and among the people.

-Everyone was friendly

-For as many tents I saw there, I didn’t see much litter at all.  It was pretty clean, although it did smell bad in some areas around some tents. I can’t describe the smell.  Maybe a little bit of body odor.

Overall, I found it fascinating to see a slice of a nation-wide movement.  Whether you agree with the Occupy Wall Street movement or not, its part of American history now.  Let’s see what happens next.