# @denverwestword on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-06-11T14:19:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Denver Westword (@denverwestword) — https://gondola.cc/denverwestword

## Caption

Protests in Denver led to some violent encounters with local law enforcement during protests on Tuesday, June 10. The protests and marches were meant to show solidarity with Los Angeles, where President Donald Trump sent the National Guard and United States Marines to quell outrage with Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests and deportations.

About 1,500 protesters gathered at the State Capitol Building in Denver on Tuesday evening, according to Colorado State Patrol, before splitting into two marches. One match went towards Stout Street, to the Denver Police Department headquarters and throughout downtown, according to protesters who joined that march.

The other march went down Lincoln Street and then Broadway as protesters in the front of the crowd announced they were headed towards Interstate 25 to disrupt rush-hour traffic. About fifty to sixty Denver police and CSP officers in tactical gear and armed trucks cut them off a block from the on-ramp south of East Exposition Avenue. With a drone, DPD told protesters to turn around or “force will be utilized, including chemical munitions.” 

Protesters at the intersection were hit with pellets and tear gas; although some didn’t seem fazed at first, the crowd quickly thinned out.

✍️ Read the full story by Bennito L. Kelty and see photos from last night’s protest at westword.com 
🎥 Bennito L. Kelty 

#denver #denvercolorado #denverprotests #westword #denvernews

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