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

Thirteen people were arrested in downtown Denver during a wave of secondary marches after Saturday afternoon’s main “No Kings” protest disbanded, police said.

A group of protesters marching west on Sixth Avenue through traffic at about 6:45 p.m. Saturday tried to access Interstate 25 near Santa Fe Drive, a spokesperson for the Denver Police Department said in an email to The Denver Post.

Denver officers made several loudspeaker announcements declaring the march an unlawful assembly and ordering the group to disperse, the spokesperson said.

After an unspecified amount of time, officers deployed smoke to scatter the crowd and arrested three people on suspicion of unreleased charges, according to the department. Officials denied using other means to disperse protesters, including firing pepper balls.

Another nine protesters were arrested during other secondary marches, police said. One person was arrested during the main “No Kings” event earlier that day for possession of a knife.

As of Sunday afternoon, Denver police said 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 materials and destruction of private property,
• A 30-year-old, a 33-year-old, a 27-year-old and a woman 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 unlawful weapon.