DENVER (KDVR) – Denver’s police force called the city’s George Floyd protests “unprecedented,” and a national police chiefs’ report echoed that, calling them “record-setting.”
Nationally, 2,037 police officers were injured in the protests. Denver saw 81 police officers and at least 74 civilians injured.
Figures are still murky, but other cities have claimed more civilian and police victims violence. A New York City’s police commissioner said more than 350 NYPD officers were injured, while differing reports count hundreds or thousands of civilian injuries.
However, according to compilation of police reports, Denver’s protests saw more widespread violence than any other major U.S. or Canadian city.
Denver’s Office of the Independent Monitor says the city’s police department showed troubling trends and uses of force during the George Floyd protests that occurred in late May and early June. The OIM found misuses of less-lethal weapons against protestors and a large enough lack of evidence that it could neither confirm nor disconfirm criticisms that the Denver Police Department used generally excessive force.
Independent review finds ‘extremely troubling’ police tactics and lack of oversight
“During our review, some community members expressed the belief that the DPD relied too heavily on less-lethal equipment and munitions used tactics that exacerbated conflicts and left to more uses of force than would have otherwise been necessary,” read the report. “Others pointed to the large number of DPD officer injuries, the significant property damage in Denver, and the prolonged and dangerous protests in other cities as evidence that the force used by the DPD was largely necessary. Given the documentary gaps discussed above, it was impossible for the OIM to evaluate these competing claims or to resolve them with this report.”
The report says DPD’s lack of certain information was understandable considering the speed with which the protests arose and their sheer scope, referring to the protests as “unprecedented.”
Denver’s police dealt with the most violent of all major American cities, according to a report from the Major Cities Chiefs Association, a collaboration of chiefs and sheriffs from 68 U.S. and Canadian cities.
MCCA Report on George Floyd unrest, Oct. 2020Download
Sixty-eight police agencies furnished MCCA with arrest and use of force data from the protests. Of them, only three major law enforcement agencies reported over 60% of their protests involved some level of violence: Columbus, Ohio, Portland, Oregon, and Denver.
This widespread violence may in part explain the Denver Police Department’s much-criticized used of projectiles and other less-lethal munitions. According to the MCCA report, Denver used a correspondingly larger amount of less-lethal ammunition with its larger proportion of violence. Most cities used these methods sparingly.
The MCCA report analyzed numbers from its agencies on how much CS gas, pepper balls, high volume pepper spray, kinetic projectiles and less-lethal shotguns were used by city.
The report records that DPD deployed less-lethal munitions in fewer of the protests than involved either civil disobedience or violence.
Respectively, Denver saw 68% of protests with some kind of violence and 100% with some civil disobedience. 40 mm projectiles, pepper balls, CS gas and less lethal shotguns were used in 16%, 20%, 24% and 24% of the protests, respectively.
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” 2,037 police officers were injured in the protests”. Boy, I wonder how the police got injured, during “peaceful protests”?
They claim “Denver saw more protest Violence”,,,and of course it was done by the police???? Strange that we had all the anarchy right before the election, but when Biden supposedly is declared the winner it all goes away. Even a child who can put two and two together can recognize who was responsible for and who controlled the violence,,,,,,,,DEMOCRATS,,,yet still no leaders go to jail while their Chinese and Soros inspired handlers laugh up their sleeves.
AND also , how over 2 BILLION dollars worth of proper damage, came from “PEACEFUL protests”..
“Police Chiefs: Denver Saw More Protest Violence Than Any Major US Or Canadian City”
” Democrats have long held a virtual monopoly on Denver politics with all citywide elected officials having Democratic Party affiliation. The office of Denver’s Mayor has been occupied by a Democrat since the municipal general election of 1963.”
I do believe that the above, says all that needs to be said. It is the same in all Democrat controlled cities.
AND if you look, its ONLY IN DEMOCRAT held cities, in DEM states, that THIS CRABOLIUM is going on in…
IMO Its high time, either the cops GREW A PAIR AND Started using live ammo, in these cities, to PURGE THIS ANARCHISTS, or RESIGN whole hock, and let the ARMY COME IN…
If I owned a store that was being destroyed in one of these cities I would say that less than lethal force was not sufficient to stop the attacks. Masked bandits should be dealt with harshly.
WHICH makes you wonder, WHY THE HELL pay taxes anymore, when the services those taxes supposedly pay for, YOU DON’T GET!?!?!?
I agree with you, Grizz. Rioters throwing harmful objects at LEO should be dealt with harshly — 12 gauge street sweepers would be a great approach for starters!!
this is what happens when you do not nip it in the bud.
ANd the left, keeps making the phrase rule or ruin, A REALITY!
The mayor of Denver is Michael Hancock, the jackass that told everyone to stay home for Thanksgiving and flew to Mississippi.
The governor is the prissy Polis currently home with Covid.
The rioters in Denver pretty much destroyed much of the area around the capitol. Then when patriots held a peaceful protest one lost his life to a leftist POS disguised as a media security guard. When Michelle Malkin held a peaceful protest the cops walked away and left her to the mercies of Antifa and BLM. Had it not been for a handful of cops that wouldn’t leave she and her group might not be with us today.
Denver is a hell hole run by Democrats.
I grew up in a small town next to Frankfort, KY. When the BLM types were protesting, our sheriff got a call because Frankfort PD heard some of the protestors might be headed his way. He said, “they can come if they want, but we don’t have enough deputies to guarantee they’ll make it back”. As soon as the prospect of getting disappeared by hill folk was on the table, they found something else to do.
I don’t condone violence but I also don’t think these idiots are going to stop until they have to deal with the very real possibility that the response to any/all of their activities might be kinetic.
MAYBE THAT IS why the left’s BECOME SO EMBOLDENED. TOO many of us conservatives keep feeling “WE don’t condone violence”..
THE LEFT CERTAINLY DOES>. SO maybe we all need to grow a pair, AND RESPOND in kind!
Of them, only three major law enforcement agencies reported over 60% of their protests involved some level of violence: Columbus, Ohio, Portland, Oregon, and Denver.
Clearly, Seattle didn’t report in.