{"id":2459052,"date":"2020-05-31T17:35:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T23:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=326904"},"modified":"2020-05-31T17:35:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T23:35:30","slug":"demonstrators-out-again-in-denver-on-sunday-after-turbulent-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/demonstrators-out-again-in-denver-on-sunday-after-turbulent-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Demonstrators out again in Denver on Sunday after turbulent night"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/AP20152073368807-1024x751.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/AP20152073368807-1024x751.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/AP20152073368807-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/AP20152073368807-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/AP20152073368807-1536x1126.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/05\/AP20152073368807-2048x1501.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>Police officers outside the State Capitol in Denver are approached by a woman Saturday, May 30, 2020, during a protest over the death of George Floyd who died in Minneapolis police custody on May 25. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)<\/strong><br \/><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>DENVER (AP) \u2014 Demonstrators filled the streets of downtown Denver again on Sunday, marching peacefully and chanting \u201cDon\u2019t shoot\u201d as they walked past boarded-up businesses that had been vandalized the night before.<\/p>\n<p>For the second consecutive day, people at one point laid on the ground on their stomachs with their hands behind their backs and chanted \u201cI can\u2019t breathe\u201d for several minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The protests over the death of George Floyd came after three consecutive nights of turbulent protests that led to the arrest of 83 people Saturday night, most for breaking a curfew and some others for damaging property or having prohibited weapons, Denver police said. People brought crowbars, bats and rifles to the demonstration, Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen said.<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to prevent another night of violence, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock ordered a curfew that begins at 8 p.m. and said it will be enforced by officers who will respond to maintain people\u2019s safety and protect themselves and property. He had already called in the Colorado National Guard to help enforce it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He called the behavior of unruly protesters \u201creckless, inexcusable and unacceptable\u201d and blamed \u201coutside instigators\u201d for hijacking the important message of peaceful protesters who are rightfully decrying what happened to Floyd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat justice is served by breaking windows at the library or city hall?\u201d Hancock said. \u201cWhose life are you honoring when you loot businesses in our city, businesses already struggling to survive in one of the toughest times imaginable? What change do you inspire by setting a car on fire, throwing rocks at police officers or vandalizing people\u2019s property?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The longtime mayor added: \u201cThe person who brought a crowbar last night wasn\u2019t thinking about George Floyd. Neither were the people who brought assault rifles and handguns and explosive bombs. They weren\u2019t thinking about George Floyd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Floyd, a black man, died after a white Minneapolis officer pressed his knee into Floyd\u2019s neck even after he stopped moving and pleading for air, leading to the protests in Denver and cities across&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/55933b8695e36337a6bfe96728b3e7f3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the U.S.<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/37d16fa47a8cbc13e12552eb8516cc61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Europe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pazen and Hancock commended the peaceful demonstrators and urged them to keep away and subdue those who become violent.<\/p>\n<p>Enforcing a Saturday night curfew, officers dressed in riot gear knocked down a barricade of fencing and road signs built by protesters next to the Colorado state Capitol and fired tear gas. Some protesters threw the gas canisters back at police, and hundreds of people scattered amid the smoke.<\/p>\n<p>Three police officers and another person were injured when a car crashed into a police cruiser. The three officers are all expected to recover, Pazen said. The condition of the other person was unknown. Pazen said they had found the driver and the car and that the case was under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Esther Okanlawon was among the demonstrators Sunday afternoon when things remained calm. She said brought her 6-year-old daughter to the protest to show her how to make change. She\u2019s talked to her daughter about racism, the Denver Post&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2020\/05\/31\/denver-protest-george-floyd-police-sunday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tell her that unfortunately people are going to treat her differently because of the color of her skin,\u201d Okanlawon said.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Sendero and Garrett Teal were among the volunteers helping cleanup the city. Sendero and Teal participated in the protest Saturday night and came back Sunday wearing masks and latex gloves as they put trash into bags saying it was a way to show they care about the city where they live.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not want people to see all this destruction and junk and think this is the way,\u201d said Teal, who recently moved to Denver from Florida.<\/p>\n<p>They picked up trash near a brick war memorial that was covered in black spray paint that read, \u201cDeath 2 America. They didn\u2019t die for this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many of the businesses in downtown Denver boarded up their storefronts, with some covered in graffiti such as \u201cI can\u2019t breathe\u201d and \u201cKill Cops!\u201d At the top of the Capitol\u2019s West Steps, graffiti on the windows above the three entrances read \u201cStop Killing Us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/demonstrators-out-again-in-denver-on-sunday-after-turbulent-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police officers outside the State Capitol in Denver are approached by a woman Saturday, May 30, 2020, during a protest over the death of George Floyd who died in Minneapolis police custody on May 25. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski) DENVER (AP) \u2014 Demonstrators filled the streets of downtown Denver again on Sunday, marching peacefully and chanting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2459052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-17 01:21:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2459052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2459052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2459052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2459052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2459052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}