About a dozen protesters waved signs and solicited honks from passing motorists this morning in Civic Center as about a dozen more huddled under blankets and tarps against a light drizzle.
“Day by day,” said 27-year-old Peter Brandt, who said he has been with Occupy Denver since Day One.
Protesters have a folding table set up with food on top of it, and a couple of cases of water below it. They slept overnight on the sidewalk — on the west side of Broadway between Colfax and 14th Avenues — because the park closed at 11 p.m., Brandt said.
“They didn’t mess with anybody overnight, fortunately,” Brandt said of police who continue to monitor the group.
A couple of Colorado State Patrol cars were parked across Broadway at about 8 a.m. today, with several troopers keeping a watchful eye.
Wet, cooler weather is expected in Denver today, with a 20 percent chance of showers and a high temperature in the upper 50s, according to the National Weather Service. The overnight low should be close to the freezing mark – 32 degrees – in the city tonight.
Mike Seymour, 45, said the group plans to bundle up and do the best it can in dealing with the weather.
“We’ll be here,” Seymour said.
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.
