The driver who hit a protester in May 2020 has been acquitted of assault charges
Jennifer Watson was found not guilty of an assault by a jury, though they found her guilty of reckless driving.

Images from a cell phone video posted by Twitter user bellers03.
A woman seen in a video striking a protester with her car in May 2020 was found not guilty of assault by a jury after a brief trial last week.
The Denver County Court jury found Jennifer Watson not guilty of assault, but found her guilty of reckless driving, a misdemeanor, according to her attorney Ryan W. Brackley. The trial started on July 7, before closing arguments were delivered on July 8. Brackley said jurors delivered their verdict around noon July 9.
The incident happened as protesters took to the streets after the death of George Floyd to denounce police violence and racism. Those demonstrations ended up lasting most of the summer. There was at least one additional incident involving a driver who struck a protester during demonstrations last year. A person was struck in September after a rally for Breonna Taylor.
Brackley said Watson is scheduled to appear for sentencing in Denver County Court Aug. 2. He declined to comment on her potential sentencing.

District 10 candidate Noah Kaplan wants to bring an educator’s perspective to City Council

The latest round of e-bike rebates ran out fast again

Denver Rescue Mission set for another $9 million from the city

The good and bad of Denver’s very snowy January

Sub-zero temps could skew Denver’s Point in Time count of people experiencing homelessness

Denver City Council votes to decriminalize jaywalking

Denver nonprofit Urban Peak lost state grant due to “performance issues”

Denver weather: It’s COLD out there

Protesters demand justice for Tyre Nichols at Colorado State Capitol after footage released

Denver’s McNichols building warming center is open now through Wednesday morning

RTD wants to ban passengers from riding with nowhere to go

Here are the mayoral candidates who qualified for the ballot

Rude Rec Center to reopen Monday after hosting emergency migrant shelter

Things to do in Denver this weekend, Jan. 27-29


Calling all divers: Casa Bonita is hiring hundreds

Lisa Calderón’s 2019 Denver mayor campaign website is being held for ransom — and it’s messing with her 2023 race

Leslie Herod’s community safety plan will be a hot topic in the Denver mayor’s race. Here’s where she stands on crime

Denverites have raised their own sales taxes more than 30 percent in the last few years
