DENVER (KDVR) — Denver police deployed smoke and pepper balls to "disperse" a separate group of protesters in the downtown Denver area after the "No Kings" rally on Saturday.

On Saturday, “No Kings” rallies were held nationwide and across Colorado, including in downtown Denver and in the area of the Colorado Capitol Building.

The Denver Police Department said to FOX31 that around 3:30 p.m., most protesters who were located in the areas of downtown Denver and the State Capitol Building had left "following a peaceful march."

However, the department said that around 3:50 p.m., a "smaller group of protesters" allegedly began a second march moving towards the intersection of 20th Street and Chestnut Street.

The department said its officers had been staged at the intersection in order to sto

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