At eight in the morning, solidarity is more than just a word. In the cold, it’s a necessity. Scianda Long’s thermal blanket looks like a giant Hershey bar wrapper, but inside a sleeping bag and a Batman blanket, it is how she slept through the night. The next morning, there’s…

This weekend, in a crowd estimated between 2,000 and 4,000 people, Susan Shepherd managed to stand out. The Denver City council member represents District 1 in an official capacity, but in the few days since her first rally with Occupy Denver, she has stepped out as a staunch supporter of…

Update, 5:18 p.m. October 18: When asked to describe Occupy Denver’s meeting with Hancock this afternoon, protester Al (full name withheld) went with, “It was neutral.” The less-than-exciting introduction matches the results, which take neither side any further toward agreement than before the meeting. Attended by Al, Paula Fedyk and…

Jonathan Shepard knew he would be arrested last Friday morning while defending the Thunderdome at Occupy Denver’s previous home across the street from Civic Center Park. Today, he proffers his left arm: On his wrist is a small cut where police officers had to cut into his skin slightly to…

A great deal of attention has been lobbed at the number of Occupy Denver arrests made over the weekend: fifty in two days. And though the Denver Anarchist Black Cross has been hugely instrumental in guaranteeing the release of the prisoners on bond, funds are running low. In an effort…

Billy Reno’s first reaction to the Occupy Wall Street movement was a desire to head to New York. But this was quickly squashed when he stopped by the local movement instead. Tonight, Reno, whose last name is spelled on the knuckles of his left hand with a diamond replacing the…

Corey Donahue has become a grinning face of the Occupy Denver movement, but this also makes him somewhat of a scapegoat. The activist for both marijuana and the occupation is politically fearless in a way that verges on foolhardy roughly as often as it’s impressive. This weekend, it ended in…

Seven of the 26 people arrested at Occupy Denver’s second run-in with the police last night faced their arraignment this morning at the Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center. Seventeen of the volunteers arrested were released prior to this morning’s arraignment, and the final one, Corey Donahue, is scheduled to go to…

Update, 10:11 p.m. Saturday: Mayor Michael Hancock’s office has announced that an additional 24 people were arrested in tonight’s protest. Their arraignment is scheduled for 8 a.m. tomorrow at the Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center. In the meantime, police are present at Civic Center Park with the intention to close it…

Update, 5 p.m. October 15: The names of the final two Occupy Denver protesters charged after Friday night’s protest have come out. Aaron Petrovich was charged with assault, while Scott Greene, the final arrest, was charged with unlawful conduct on state property and made it out of jail only this…

As of 5 a.m. today, it’s officially the morning after. The time between 11 p.m. and right about now has left many of the Occupy Denver protesters, particularly those who aren’t accounted for, just a little worse for the wear. Patricia Hughes is nursing her wrist, but the Ace bandages…

Editor’s note: Kelsey Whipple was at the scene of the former Occupy Denver tent city this morning. She phoned in updates. Update: As we broke from the scene, one protester sat reading Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago while a drive-by supporter blasted Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” out his…

The political triumvirate of Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers held a joint news conference this morning aimed firmly at dispersing the ever-growing camp at Occupy Denver. Protesters will no longer be allowed to stay overnight without facing confrontation from the police…

Mother Nature is not making it easy for Lori Phillips. As she attempts to explain her motivation for Occupy Denver, the wind is tossing the informational handouts at the group’s front desk around like leaves. Combined with the constant stream of cars honking in support, it would be easy for…

Pat Marsden is almost impossibly human, particularly in the sense that he is both focused on his humanity and slightly impossible. The Occupy Denver volunteer identifies as a black-flag anarchist, though that assertion comes with some hesitation: first “Maybe you shouldn’t put that,” then, “Whatever, it’s who I am.” And…