Tag: protests
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Denver police chief pledges to hold department accountable, reevaluate policies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the sun began to set on Denver’s seventh consecutive day of George Floyd protests, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock linked arms with protesters for the first time while the city’s police chief hosted an online community town hall, attended by more than a thousand. Minutes…
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VIDEO | Meet Brother George Morant, Colorado Springs protester
Brother George Morant carried a large wooden cross over his should as he marched to City Hall to join demonstrators in protest of police brutality and the death of George Floyd in Colorado Springs on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Morant shares his words, and explains why he is carrying the cross. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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Gov. Jared Polis addresses George Floyd killing, COVID-19
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In his first public comments since the May 25 death of George Floyd, Gov. Jared Polis said Tuesday that what happened to Floyd was “wrong, brutal and inhumane” and it was murder. Floyd was killed when a Minneapolis police officer put his knee on Floyd’s…
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Gov. Jared Polis addresses George Floyd killing, COVID-19
In his first public comments since the May 25 death of George Floyd, Gov. Jared Polis said Tuesday that what happened to Floyd was “wrong, brutal and inhumane” and it was murder. Floyd was killed when a Minneapolis police officer put his knee on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes. The officer has been fired…
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Polis, Hancock condemn President Trump’s threat of military force against protesters
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock rejected President Donald Trump’s warnings on Monday to send troops against demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd, language they say only fans the flames of unrest. “There is no need for the deployment of US…
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Polis, Hancock condemn President Trump’s threat of military force against protesters
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock rejected President Donald Trump’s warnings on Monday to send troops against demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd, language they say only fans the flames of unrest. “There is no need for the deployment of US troops to maintain order in our city,” the pair wrote…
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VIDEO | Crowd faces off with Colorado Springs police at George Floyd protest
After a day of peaceful protests Saturday over the death of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, several hundred people marched from downtown Colorado Springs to the police headquarters. Becca Waterhouse, a protester, documented the scene of events as they unfolded and escalated.
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PHOTOS | Second day of Colorado Springs protest starts peaceful, turns confrontational
Protesters march outside the Police Operation Center for the second night of protesting in Colorado Springs, Colo., over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25.
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PHOTOS | Confrontation erupts during protest in downtown Colorado Springs
Protesters in downtown Colorado Springs broke out windows and threw rocks and bottles on Saturday, May 30, 2020, at police who responded with tear gas and pepper pellets in a skirmish that lasted from 7 p.m. until after midnight.