2 Denver Police Officers Suspended For Actions During Protests

DENVER (CBS4) – Denver’s Department of Public Safety released two separate disciplinary orders for two Denver police officers on Tuesday. The orders detail multiple times the officers used unnecessary and excessive force on people during protests in May.

Officers Derek Streeter and Diego Archuleta are now on suspension. The disciplinary order for Streeter states he fired pepper balls in three different instances on May 29. In one instance, Streeter fired three pepperballs at a vehicle driving south on Broadway away from the protests. The order says a man was hanging out of a window shouting obscenities at the officers.

In an interview with a police sergeant, Streeter said he believed the man posed a threat because the group of officers had already been hit with items being thrown. Streeter says he believed the man was preparing to do the same.

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