Claire Lavezzorio is a reporter at KMGH Denver7 in Denver, Colorado.
DENVER — One week after 45 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested on Tivoli Quad , Denver’s Police Chief Ron Thomas said a similar raid by his department likely won’t happen again.
My thought in mind was that it would result in a small number of arrests, if any. Ultimately, that didn't turn out to be the case. At that point, he said Denver Police officers were asked to come back to shut it down a second time, which he refused to do. We absolutely aren't just going to go in and sweep out this peaceful protest just because they're occupying a space on your campus that you'd like to use for something else right now.
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