Police fire tear gas, march on protesters to enforce curfew
Authorities fired tear gas and knocked down a makeshift barricade next to the Colorado State Capitol to enforce a curfew against protesters in the third night of demonstrations in Denver.
By News Channel Nebraska
DENVER (AP) — Authorities fired tear gas and knocked down a makeshift barricade next to the Colorado State Capitol to enforce a curfew against protesters in the third night of demonstrations in Denver.
Hundreds of people protesting the death of George Floyd fled Saturday night as a line of officers advanced toward them. Denver’s mayor issued an 8 p.m. curfew and called in the Colorado National Guard to help enforce it.
Mayor Michael Hancock decided to impose the curfew each night until Monday following a destructive wave of protests Friday night that followed more peaceful demonstrations earlier in the day.