We have learned the Occupy Denver protests cost those of us who live in the City and County of Denver $365,000 of police overtime.  There goes the City Hall Christmas party.

Police arrested more than 50 people last weekend, in the two evenings after I produced the story you will see below.

In the story, I tried to meet a challenge from my News Director, Patti Dennis.

She wanted us to find if the Occupy Denver protestors stayed on message, or if they actually knew what they were fighting against.

We learned they had many different messages.  Some people wrote eloquent notes.  Some had no clue why they were there.

The most memorable point of the story for me came when I took their messages directly to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper.  I'm sure his staff thought I was crazy, but the questions prompted candid response.  The protestors had yet to hear many public officials speak about their movement, so it was refreshing to hear what the Governor had to say.

Pardon the overmodulation on the audio, but you'll be able to hear it.