{"id":807981,"date":"2020-06-01T11:07:50","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T17:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=384249"},"modified":"2020-06-01T11:07:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T17:07:50","slug":"for-fourth-night-denver-police-unleash-tear-gas-and-foam-bullets-as-marchers-again-defy-curfew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/for-fourth-night-denver-police-unleash-tear-gas-and-foam-bullets-as-marchers-again-defy-curfew\/","title":{"rendered":"For fourth night, Denver police unleash tear gas and foam bullets as marchers again defy curfew"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Protesters shoot firework into the air outside the Capitol in Denver on May 31, 2020, during a protest over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who was killed in Minneapolis Police custody on Memorial Day.<\/strong>
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Marchers who defied Denver\u2019s emergency curfew Sunday following a day of peaceful demonstrations were again doused with tear gas and peppered with foam bullets, though police on this fourth night of protests waited longer to deploy crowd-control munitions.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators massed at the state Capitol and in Civic Center Park on Sunday afternoon to protest violence by law enforcement and rally for justice in the name of George Floyd<\/a>, the black man whose killing by police in Minneapolis sparked a national conflagration.<\/p>\n

They marched, gave speeches, played music and filled the area around the Capitol. Much of the day was not only absent violence, but notably calm.<\/p>\n

Esther Okanlawon said she brought her 6-year-old daughter to Sunday\u2019s protest to show her how to make change. As a black woman, she\u2019s talked to her daughter about racism several times.<\/p>\n

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