13 arrested during Denver’s ‘No Kings’ protests, police say

13 folks have been arrested in downtown Denver throughout a wave of secondary marches after Saturday afternoon’s main “No Kings” protest disbanded, police stated.

A bunch of protesters marching west on Sixth Avenue via visitors at about 6:45 p.m. Saturday tried to entry Interstate 25 close to Santa Fe Drive, a spokesperson for the Denver Police Division stated in an e-mail to The Denver Submit.

Denver officers made a number of loudspeaker bulletins declaring the march an illegal meeting and ordering the group to disperse, the spokesperson stated.

After an unspecified period of time, officers deployed smoke to scatter the gang and arrested three folks on suspicion of unreleased prices, based on the division. Officers denied utilizing different means to disperse protesters, together with firing pepper balls.

One other 9 protesters have been arrested throughout different secondary marches, police said. One individual was arrested throughout the principle “No Kings” occasion earlier that day for possession of a knife.

As of Sunday afternoon, Denver police stated the 13 protesters arrested Saturday included:

• A 35-year-old suspected of resisting arrest and disobeying a lawful order,
• A 21-year-old suspected of destruction of public property,
• A 27-year-old and a 19-year-old suspected of disobeying a lawful order and throwing missiles,
• A 27-year-old suspected of interfering with police,
• A 34-year-old suspected of possessing graffiti supplies and destruction of personal property,
• A 30-year-old, a 33-year-old, a 27-year-old and a lady of an unknown age suspected of disobeying a lawful order,
• A 21-year-old suspected of interfering with police and resisting arrest,
• A 20-year-old suspected of second-degree assault,
• And a 34-year-old suspected of carrying an illegal weapon.