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DPS Board Member Tay Anderson Injured In Protest

The Denver Public Schools board member says he was knocked to the ground during a protest of a homeless encampment cleanup.

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CBS4 talked to Tay Anderson as he was leaving the scene of a protest. He was seen holding his head and crying.
CBS4 talked to Tay Anderson as he was leaving the scene of a protest. He was seen holding his head and crying. (Image via CBS Denver)

DENVER (CBS4)– Denver School Board’s Tay Anderson claims he was knocked to the ground during a protest outside a homeless camp cleanup on Wednesday. The cleanup was happening at Lincoln Park near the state Capitol. Days after the City of Denver said Colorado State Patrol troopers were allowed to clear state property of the homeless camps, a joint team with the troopers, homeless advocates and the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment cleaned out the camp at Lincoln Park.

As word of the camp cleanup spread, activists and homeless advocates headed to the park. That’s when trouble started. A group was being pushed out of the park, past the fence that had been set up. The crowd of homeless and protesters wanted to go back in. That’s when police were asked to intervene. CBS4 witnessed Denver police officers ask the crowd of as many as 30 to move. They refused.

Tay Anderson says he was knocked to the ground during a protest against the cleanup of a homeless encampment in Denver.(Image via CBS Denver)

During the pushing and shoving seen on video, Anderson claims that he was hurt. CBS4 talked to him as he left the scene holding his head and crying.

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