Demonstrators turn out for "Coffee with Cleaver" 

August 10, 2009
U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's regular Saturday-morning meeting with constituents at JP Coffee in Lee's Summit turned into a mob scene on August 8 when crowds protesting health-care reform showed up demanding a "town hall meeting" -- and supporters of health-care reform turned out to counter the expected disruptions.
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By 8 a.m., the coffee shop was already packed and a crowd was waiting outside.
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U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's regular Saturday-morning meeting with constituents at JP Coffee in Lee's Summit turned into a mob scene on August 8 when crowds protesting health-care reform showed up demanding a "town hall meeting" -- and supporters of health-care reform turned out to counter the expected disruptions.

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