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According to a longtime media observer, Channel 7 painted quite a visual picture of the Denver Police Department's transportation equipment during a DNC-eve news report. He writes that in a live shot on the station's 10 p.m. broadcast, a reporter talked about undercover police vehicles "like this one" -- and then, as if on cue, a pedicab rolled slowly through the frame.
Slow down, you anarchists! We're pedaling as quickly as we can! -- Michael Roberts
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