Police have arrested a 20-year-old man for allegedly assaulting a middle-aged man who interjected himself into Denver’s downtown No Kings demonstration, shouted expletives and a slur, then fell in a road fracas and suffered a critical damage.
The assault occurred after the older man declared: “‘Sure Trump,’” in response to a Denver Police report.
A video circulating on social media confirmed the older man, carrying a blue New York Giants brand shirt, gesturing at and deriding demonstrators on Saturday afternoon as they rallied close to Denver’s Union Station. The person ran and fell towards pavement on his face, the video exhibits.
He acquired up and ran, once more, then was tripped and fell onto the road by a curb towards his head. Bleeding, he acquired up once more and, with mates, ran, and clashed with demonstrators. Some demonstrators tried to assist him, pointing to his head suggesting he wanted medical care as blood lined the left aspect of his face.
Denver police on Monday confirmed they arrested Jose Cardenas after monitoring him from Wynkoop Avenue, the place the assault occurred at about 2:30 p.m., to North Lincoln Avenue close to the intersection with 14th Avenue, “the place Cardenas tried to run from officers.” Witnesses recognized Cardenas because the one who assaulted the counter demonstrator, the police assertion of possible trigger for arrest stated. “Cardenas was transported to the Denver Jail and charged with aggravated assault.”
Police didn’t determine the sufferer. The report stated he suffered “a critical laceration to his head.”
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