DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Police Department said a second separate march of protesters was stopped in downtown Denver on a road with Interstate 25 access Saturday night, after a day filled with nationwide "No Kings" protests and unaffiliated marchers across Denver.
In total, 17 "protest-related arrests" were made Saturday night, police said with investigative charges ranging from resisting arrest, obstruction of streets, failure to obey a lawful order and unlawful throwing of projectiles. Police also arrested 17 people less than a week ago after protests in solidarity with Los Angeles protesters against immigration enforcement.
Police had already dispersed a group unaffiliated with the Denver "No Kings" event, which ended at 4 p.m., that had closed Colfax Avenue between Speer and Interstate 25 at around 7 p.m. Saturday night. Then, at around 9 p.m., another group marched to the intersection of 20th and Blake streets, right in front of Coors Field and a few blocks away from I-25, police said in a press release.
The group at 20th and Blake streets met officers who had already been staging at the intersection before the group arrived to prevent any protesters from accessing the interstate.
Officers made loudspeaker announcements telling the group they could not access the interstate, but the officers declared an unlawful assembly when they observed the protesters picking up rocks, which police were also thrown in the Colfax confrontation.
"Following additional dispersal orders and time, protestors began advancing toward officers, and officers used pepper balls and smoke (no tear gas was used) to disperse the group and for area denial," police said. "Protestors again threw rocks and objects at officers. However, the group was dispersed from the area."
Later in the night around 10 p.m., a protester started a small fire in the street in the 1400 block of Lincoln Street, which closed the roadway at the times. The fire burned out after a short time, and officers dispersed the protesters in the area.
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