Cop critically hurt at Ferguson protest in Denver

[Omaha Steve]

Source: USA Today

Trevor Hughes

DENVER — Four police officers were hurt, one critically, after a car hit them during a high school student protest over a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who shot an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Mo.

Denver Police said the officers were part of a bicycle unit providing crowd control during a march down Colfax Avenue downtown when a car plowed into them around noon.

The car's driver suffered a "medical issue," and was also being treated at a hospital following the crash, police said. The critically injured officer was in surgery as of 2 p.m, police said.

Hundreds of Denver's East High School students left classes shortly before 11 a.m., marching down the 16th Street Mall pedestrian district, some of them chanting "hands up, don't shoot." That call has become a rallying cry for people upset about the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, at the hands of a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 9.

FULL story at link.



Hundreds of students walk out of class. This view of the protest was submitted by a KUSA-TV viewer.

(Photo: Ryan Pellet for KUSA-Denver)


Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/03/denver-high-school-walkout-protest-dont-shoot/19846479/

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. Somewhat clickbait title.

Since the obvious mental jump is to 'by protestor', not to 'by driver having medical problem'.

[dhill926]

4. exactly........

and how do you think Fox will present it?

[PatrynXX]

12. probably about the same way a local Bosnian was covered

originally the story was a bunch of blacks hammered the Bosnian to death now it's just one and because it's a st louis story and a waterloo ia story nobody knows about it. he was in the bad part of town.

next up. yes what does this have anything to do with anything. well just going with the flow to this dumb headline

[Omaha Steve]

6. I can't change the title

I know your blaming USA Today, not me.

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[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

9. Sorry, didn't even notice you posted in LBN, not GD. nt

[Omaha Steve]

10. No problem here

[Blue_Tires]

8. +1

[NYC_SKP]

2. If no cops showed up at all in Ferguson, there would be fewer incidents.

They bring nothing but bad to the party.

What a joke.

[Travis_0004]

7. Last time the cops didnt show up in Ferguson 12 buildings buned down.

[Feral Child]

14. The cops stood around and watched them burn,

not a fire truck in sight.

So much for the "protectors". They were there, but they wanted damage to blame on the protesters.

[uppityperson]

3. The driver had a seizure, didn't run them down on purpose? That is a shame, people getting

hurt at the protest.

[951-Riverside]

5. An angel has fallen...

Meanwhile if any of these protesters got run over, it would have barely made the local news.

[quadrature]

11. medical issue...(too many doobies) ...nt

[Recursion]

13. Sad story; clickbait headline

I hope the officer is ok, but this was a traffic accident.