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83 Arrested at Columbus Day Protest in Denver

HeadlineOct 08, 2007

Police in Denver, Colorado, arrested 83 protesters Saturday after demonstrators blocked the city’s annual Columbus Day parade. Prior to their arrests, protesters poured fake blood on the streets to represent the genocide of indigenous people that began after Columbus sailed to the Americas. American Indian activists Russell Means and Glenn Morris were among the arrested.

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