Who’s controlling the signs? Denver traffic boards hacked with anti-ICE F-bomb
By Bennito L. Kelty | Westword
"I know Denver is holding firm, but this was another f-word altogether."
Denver drivers noticed a surprising message yesterday on electronic message boards near Broadway and Interstate 25: "Bring the Heat F*** ICE."
The Denver Department of Transportation (DOTI) first noticed "the non-project related message" at 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, according to DOTI spokesperson Nancy Kuhn. The day the message went up, Denver's weather had started cooling down after a hot spell, setting up the clever jab at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal agency responsible for arrests and deportations.
The message boards belong to a contractor working with DOTI to install safer ramps between Broadway and Interstate 25, Kuhn says, ...