Pubdate: Thu, 15 Mar 2012
Source: Denver Post (CO)
Copyright: 2012 The Denver Post Corp
Contact:  http://www.denverpost.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/122
Author: Jordan Steffen, The Denver Post

5 ARRESTED FOR DUMPING GARBAGE BAG OF POT IN CIVIC CENTER AND PASSING
IT OUT, POLICE SAY 

Denver Police officers arrested five people in Civic Center this 
afternoon, after a garbage bag full of marijuana was allegedly dumped 
out, re-bagged and passed out to park patrons.

Around 12:30 p.m., officers were called to the park, near where Occupy
Denver typically holds demonstrations and marches, after they received
reports of the marijuana, said Sonny Jackson, a spokesman for the
Denver Police Department.

The bag was dumped on a blue tarp in the northeast corner of the park,
police said. About 30 people were in the park when the marijuana a was
being distributed.

"Why they were doing this we don't know," Jackson said. "This is a
public park and we cannot have people openly distributing marijuana."

It did not appear that anyone was paying for the marijuana.

Officers on bikes, motorcycles and on foot responded to the
scene.

Several people in the park recorded the incident on cell phones and
video cameras as officers loaded the bag into a car.

As officers cleared the park, one woman called the cops "pigs" and
"terrorists."

It is unknown if any of the people taken into custody have been
arrested at the park before. Their names have not been released.
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