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They’ll lose a total of 16 days’ pay.
Protesters and police clashed on the second night of protests in downtown Denver during demonstrations over the death of George Floyd on Friday, May 29, 2020. Protesters and police clashed on the second night of protests in downtown Denver during demonstrations over the death of George Floyd on Friday, May 29, 2020. (Hart Van Denburg/CPR News)
The Denver Department of Public Safety has suspended two police officers for using chemical weapons on harmless people during protests against racism and police violence that rocked the city and country last summer.
Officer Derek Streeter received a 10-day, unpaid suspension for firing pepper balls at people who posed no threat to him three separate times, according to a disciplinary letter first obtained by the Denver Post. The department suspended Officer Diego Archuleta for six days because he used pepper spray on a woman sitting in a car who also posed no threat, a se
2 Denver police officers suspended for excessive force in last year s George Floyd protests
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and last updated 2021-05-05 16:01:08-04
DENVER â Two Denver police officers accused of excessive force in last summer s downtown protests over the death of George Floyd have been suspended, according to documents released Tuesday.
The Denver Post first reported the suspensions of officers Derek Streeter and Diego Archuleta.
Streeter will be suspended 10 days, and Archuleta will be suspended six days. Both suspensions are without pay.
Each officer has 10 days to appeal their suspensions to the Civil Service Commission.
Disciplinary action reports gave an account of each incident involving the officers.
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When the volunteer board that investigates complaints against the San Diego Sheriff’s Department looked into what killed Paul Silva, the panel found that no jail policies were violated and closed the case.
A key piece of evidence in the case was video footage showing a tactical team’s efforts to remove Silva, who suffered from schizophrenia, from a holding cell. During the violent struggle, Silva stopped breathing, resulting in brain damage due to a lack of oxygen. Members of the review board did not watch the video, the board’s former executive officer told The San Diego Union Tribune, and relied on an investigator’s brief summary of the incident.
Asked about the Strong lawsuit, a Denver Police Department spokesperson offers this response: Out of respect for the court process, we are unable to provide comment at this time due to pending litigation.
Cron, however, has plenty to say about what happened to Strong on May 30 at Civic Center Park. Our client went to the park to exercise his freedom of speech to peacefully assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances, he says. All he did was stand in the park holding a sign in a relatively sparsely populated demonstration when, all of a sudden, the police started firing KIPs. Mr. Strong was struck in the face, and it shattered bones in his eye socket. Ultimately, he had to have his eye removed a few days after being shot. The damage was so severe that doctors couldn t save it.
During a presentation Wednesday to the City Council’s Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee, Denver Police Paul Pazen gave a presentation about the DPD’s response to the protests that erupted