After finding out about Denver’s secret plans for handling demonstrators which are arrested en masse, investigative reporter Rick Sallinger blew the whistle. He took an “unauthorized” tour of the warehouse-turned-holding-cell facility and videotaped the guts of the secret operation.

Captain Frank Gale of the Denver Sheriff’s Department was civil but nonplussed by the surprise visit and was not inclined to discuss any of the city’s contingency plans regarding their special plans for crowd control.

Following the taping, Sallinger showed the video of his tour to leaders of various groups who have announced plans to stage demonstrations during the Democratic National Convention.

Code Pink leader Zoe Williams was one of many demonstrators who were arrested at the Republican National Convention in New York in 2004. She said, “Very bare bones and very reminiscent of a political prisoner camp or a concentration camp.

Adam Jung heads up the group Tent State University. He expressed serious concern regarding stun guns readied for use on prisoners. “That’s how you treat cattle,” he said. “You showed the sign where it said stun gun in use and you just change the word gun for bolt and it’s a meat processing plant.”

Sallinger’s thirteen-year-old son, Marc, was named Ambassador to the Republican National Convention.