More than 10,000 protesters showed up for the latest No Kings protest making it one of the largest Denver demonstrations since Trump returned to office.
Denver protest organizers expected more than 70,000 people to demonstrate across Colorado. The Colorado State Patrol estimate that about 10,000 people rallied at the State Capitol Building in Denver, with the Denver Police Department reporting nine arrests in connection to the demonstrations as protesters clashed with law enforcement.
“They’re so delusional in the Trump cabinet,” military veteran Frank Ohrtman said during the protest. “People are suffering because of this war in Iran, not just abroad but with high costs here, but taco, Trump always chickens out! Let’s hope he does here.”were likely the biggest protests in Denver in 2025; some estimates for October No Kings protest go as high as 25,000, although Colorado State Patrol estimated about 8,000 people. In January, the death of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, activists with Colorado ties who were killed by immigration agents in Minneapolis, sparked the last large protests in Denver and a weekend of marches, strikes and vigils. No Kings, the national grassroots organization, reported that more than 3,300 events took place across the United States. The group estimates 8 million people protested nationally. It was supposed to be the largest protest in American history, according to organizers, but while no one clear protest has ever run away with that title, it fell short the 1970 Earth Day protest that gathered 20 million. Still, groups like MoveOn are claiming that the No Kings demonstration met the mark to be the country’s largest protest. More than a dozen events were planned in the greater Denver area, from Boulder to Littleton and Aurora to Golden. Thousands are estimated to have turnout out for protests in cities across the state, including upwards ofLarry and Cynthia Gallegos, two Colorado Democrats, joined fifty or so seniors who rallied at 9 a.m. near East Alameda Avenue and Clinton Street.“Anything we can do to show we don’t support the current administration,” Larry Gallegos said. “We have roots in Minnesota, so we’re very in tuned with what’s going on. After watching the excesses in Minnesota, I can’t see them spread that throughout the United States.” At the State Capitol in Denver, thousands of protesters crowded around speeches on the Capitol steps and part of the “activists hub” across the street that had music and free food, merchandise and information — as well as wafts of cannabis smoke in the air. “The country’s headed in the wrong direction under Trump,” said Manuel Orge while relaxing in the shade of a statue at Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park. “He’s insane, I honestly believe that. …Keep the pressure on them. Let them know that we’re going to vote, that all these people are going to vote.” Under the shade from the Colorado Supreme Court building, just across East 13th Avenue from the activist hub, protesters supporting science and medical workers showed up in white lab coats by the dozen, some with stethoscopes around their neck and scrubs on.blared a mix of music that went from heavy metal to Shakira and had people dancing under bubbles blown from nearby kids. Bubbles were everywhere at the protest, along with costumes like frogs, patriots and a purple T-Rex that must’ve walked ten miles in warm afternoon. On the other side of Lincoln Street, people were applauding and listening to speeches from the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, service workers union SIEU Local 105 and, who invited people to come up and sing songs of resistance. Speakers heard cheers for lines like “Free Palestine” and “No one is illegal on stolen land.” The first march took place a little after 1 p.m., with hundreds of people marching up Broadway and 20th Street towards Blake Street, and then returning to the Capitol via 15th Street. The head of the protest was led by a Indigenous dancers, a drum and chant and the burning of incense. Protesters marched with signs calling for “No War in Iran” and “Abolish ICE,” and an array of flags flew, including those for Palestine, Cuba and Mexico.The first protest session didn’t see any violence, but smaller protests continued to break out through the afternoon. At around 2:35 p.m., a small group of protesters clashed with police as they tried to keep them from entering the highway. Denver police reported using gas and shooting pepperballs at the ground to disperse protesters, but not teargas. Eight people were arrested during the confrontation, and one more person was arrested in a separate incident for throwing an object at an officer, according to DPD.Bennito L. KeltyBennito L. Keltyand the online Tucson Sentinel. He’s received awards from the Arizona Press Club, including first place for Spanish-language feature reporting and second place for social issues reporting. Bennito was a member of the Report for America Corps and is a graduate of the University of Missouri – Columbia. If you value independent journalism, please consider making a contribution to support our continued coverage of essential stories and to investigate issues that matter.
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