DENVER (AP) - The Latest on election protests in Colorado (all times local):
10:35 p.m.
Protesters managed to shut down Interstate 25 near downtown Denver briefly Thursday night as demonstrations against Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president continued around the country.
Denver police tweeted around 10 p.m. that demonstrators made their way onto the freeway and traffic was halted in the northbound and southbound lanes. Police say the interstate was reopened about half an hour later as the crowd moved back downtown.
It wasn’t immediately clear how many protesters walked onto the highway. A crowd of several hundred had been marching through downtown Denver earlier in the evening waving anti-Trump signs. Officers in cruisers and on bicycles were monitoring the situation.
Earlier protests in Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs on Wednesday and Thursday went off peacefully.
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7:40 p.m.
Several hundred people are marching along the streets of downtown Denver in protest of Donald Trump.
Many in the large group waved anti-Trump signs as they made their way from the Colorado Capitol, through downtown and back to an area that includes multiple government buildings Thursday night.
Police cruisers are following the crowd and keeping a close watch.
Earlier in the day, about 300 people chanted anti-Donald Trump slogans on the steps of the Colorado Capitol and vowed to renew progressive activism. Speakers reminded the crowd that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton won Colorado and the national popular vote, and they encouraged each other not to slow activism for progressive causes.
The morning protest came a day after high school students from Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs walked out of class to decry the election results.
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1 p.m.
About 300 people chanted anti-Donald Trump slogans on the steps of the Colorado Capitol Thursday and vowed to renew progressive activism.
The morning protest came a day after high school students from Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs walked out of class to decry the election results.
Democratic state Rep. Joe Salazar of Thornton led the rally, which also included Latino and black speakers and the head of Colorado’s largest abortion-rights group.
Speakers reminded the crowd that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton won Colorado and the national popular vote, and they encouraged each other not to slow activism for progressive causes. Some demonstrators at the peaceful rally waved American flags, while others worse shirts that read, LOVE.
Another anti-Trump protest was scheduled for Thursday evening in Boulder.
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