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Dueling Demonstrations End With a Shooting at Civic Center Park

By Michael Emery Hecker

Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 6:55 p.m.

Michael Emery Hecker Dueling demonstrations ended with a gunshot and a man down. 1/29

Michael Emery Hecker The Denver Police Department made an arrest shortly after the shooting. 2/29

Michael Emery Hecker The Patriot Muster had been scheduled for Civic Center a week earlier. 3/29

Michael Emery Hecker Members of BLM and Antifa organized a counter-protest to the Patriot Muster. 4/29

Michael Emery Hecker The counter-protest was set up as a soup drive. 5/29

Michael Emery Hecker The two groups met up at Civic Center. 6/29

Michael Emery Hecker Patriot Muster protesters had planned their event for the Greek Amphitheater. 7/29

Michael Emery Hecker Patriot Muster protesters gathering in Civic Center. 8/29

Michael Emery Hecker The counter-protest started a half-hour before the Patriot Muster. 9/29

Michael Emery Hecker Members of United American Defense Force joined the Patriot Muster. 10/29

Michael Emery Hecker Patriot Muster protesters gathered at Civic Center. 11/29

Michael Emery Hecker A member of the Patriot Muster giving the "OK" sign, a white supremacist symbol. 12/29

Michael Emery Hecker The Denver Police Department was out in force. 13/29

Michael Emery Hecker The Patriot Muster had been planned for a week. 14/29

Michael Emery Hecker The DPD was out in force in Civic Center. 15/29

Michael Emery Hecker The DPD worked to keep the protests separate. 16/29

Michael Emery Hecker The two protests met at Civic Center. 17/29

Michael Emery Hecker Members of BLM and Antifa held a counter-protest. 18/29

Michael Emery Hecker Patriot Muster demonstrators chanting "USA." 19/29

Michael Emery Hecker Patriot Muster demonstrators at Civic Center Park. 20/29

Michael Emery Hecker Members of BLM and Antifa at their counter-protest. 21/29

Michael Emery Hecker The protests in Civic Center Park on October 10. 22/29

Michael Emery Hecker A counter-protester. 23/29

Michael Emery Hecker BLM/Antifa counter-protesters. 24/29

Michael Emery Hecker A counter-protester tagging the ground in front of the DPD. 25/29

Michael Emery Hecker The DPD at the ready. 26/29

Michael Emery Hecker The counter-protest was also a soup drive. 27/29

Michael Emery Hecker The two protests stayed separate. 28/29

Michael Emery Hecker The Patriot Muster, right before the shooting. 29/29

Dueling Demonstrations End With a Shooting at Civic Center Park

Two protests in Civic Center Park — the Patriot Muster and a BLM/Antifa counter-protest set up as a soup drive —- were both winding down on Saturday, October 10, when a shot rang out and a man went down. He was pronounced dead at Denver Health; the Denver Police Department has already made an arrest. It was a startling end to an afternoon that had been largely peaceful.

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