E-mails likely not from police officer
By Hector Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published July 11, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.
The person behind e-mails and fliers threatening that demonstrators would be beaten during next month's Democratic National Convention does not appear to be a police officer, Denver authorities and a local publication said Thursday.
Now, authorities believe the e-mails were a hoax after the weekly newspaper Westword wrote that it had spoken with the author.
Representatives of Denver Cop Watch and Re-create '68 held a new conference Thursday morning at the building of the city's independent monitor to disclose that they had been the recipients of the e-mails.
However, Evan Herzoff, a Denver Cop Watch volunteer, acknowledged that about an hour before the news conference he was approached by a Westword reporter, who disclosed that he had interviewed the person responsible for sending the e-mails. The reporter described the source of the fliers as a local artist, Herzoff said.
An article in the weekly publication's Web site confirmed that account.
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July 11, 2008
5:29 a.m.
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wow writes:
Give you two guesses who it was.
Here's a clue....
Obama 08
Was it you artstarz?
July 11, 2008
7:45 a.m.
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theairdog writes:
Nah. Art doesn't have the.........(well, what Jesse Jackson wanted from Obama).
July 11, 2008
9:23 a.m.
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blacksho89 writes:
Wow. An "artist".
I left that kind of art this morning in the..........never mind.
July 11, 2008
9:30 a.m.
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sheepherder writes:
I could see Glenn and R68 pulling that kind of garbage. Why aren't we a citizens completely condeming these groups that openly say they are going to cause trouble? All I can say is they better watch out if they are blocking the street while I'm driving to work!