Riot Police Use Pepper Spray on Crowd in Downtown Denver

August 26th, 2008 Jim Banks Posted in Audio, Breaking News, Demonstrations, News, Protest Rally |

Riot police pepper sprayed a crowd of about 200 people in Denver on Monday night. Police had ordered crowds to disperse from Civic Center Park and then blocked them before they could get to the 16th Street Mall. Pepper spray was sprayed into the crowd which included bystanders. KGNU’s Jim Banks spoke with one bystander.

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