Sep 15, 2023
The homeless in Denver are making themselves comfy downtown, setting up a fully-stocked pop-up speakeasy bar and rent-a-tents for prostitutes, according to police. (Video Credit: CBS Colorado) "The pop-up speakeasy - which features lounge chairs, umbrellas, and astroturf - has taken over the sidewalk at 23rd Street and Champa Street, which the city's growing homeless population turned into an encampment," the New York Post reported. "We're hearing there was an open bar, sales of alcohol, things like that," Denver Police Patrol Division Chief Aaron Sanchez told CBS Colorado in an interview while taking stock of the tent city bar on Monday. "We have officers looking into that." The complaints came rolling into city officials as the liquor flowed in the tent city on the northern edge of downtown Denver while hot and cold hookers plied their trade among the down and out. The encampment sprawls on the sidewalk, forcing residents to walk in the street to