Hundreds of Occupy Denver protesters slogged up and down wet downtown Denver streets chanting and waving placards today.

By their own estimates, anywhere from a couple hundred to 700 protesters marched this afternoon.

They toted signs that read, “Attn: Bankers; You’re fired” and “All your banks belong to us.”

“We need changes,” said Matt Davidson, 28, a bioengineering graduate student at the University of Colorado Denver. “Most people aren’t involved.”

He said the government let Wall Street off the hook while cutting education and research funding.

Davidson said he hoped that the demonstration would leave a message with politicians that views held by Tea Party members aren’t the only ones out there. Such demonstrations across the country will give politicians a reason to stand up to corporations, he said.

Protesters splashed through puddles in pouring rain, obeying traffic laws and remaining peaceful.

Volunteers made peanut butter sandwiches at a makeshift tent city at Veterans Memorial at Civic Center.

“There haven’t been any arrests,” said Sonny Jackson, Denver police spokesman. “There were no incidents.”

That doesn’t mean police weren’t prepared. A long line of Denver County Sheriff’s Department vans were strung out behind a row of police squad cars just in case.

Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com