An Autonomous march on the federal courthouse in downtown Denver was organized by local anarchist late Tuesday afternoon. Several affinity groups rallied outside the south side of the court house and marched on the front of the building shortly after dusk. After fireworks were set off riot police moved in to protect the federal courthouse. Opting out of a useless stand off and eventual police aggression, the Bloc instead moved away from the court house towards the 16th Street Mall. Once reaching the mall the Bloc began to smash out the windows of several corporate owned businesses including; Starbucks, Target, McDonalds, Corner Bakery & US Bank.

Anarchist Black Bloc on 16th Street Mall

Riot-equipped police officers in helmets, masks, and tactical gear stand guard outside a glass office tower entrance, lit in pink and purple emergency lighting. [Radical Edward - Untelevised Media]

The call went out late in the afternoon over reddit for an autonomous leaderless march on the federal court house in Denver. By 8:30 PM 65 people showed up dressed in all black and masked up to voice their frustration over federal occupation of major US cities where protest are happening on a large scale. Protesters gathered on the south side of the federal complex downtown and began to move around to the north side towards the entrance of the federal courthouse. Upon arriving at the court house one protester lit of some large fireworks, which prompted approx 2 dozen riot officers to converge on the front of the courthouse. We had documented earlier during the initial gathering that these riot police were staged 2 blocks over from the federal courthouse in riot gear before the protest had even began. The Bloc abandonded the federal courthouse opting out of a confrontation with police, as it was believed it would only lead to unnecessary arrest. The Bloc began to march through the street towards the 16th Street Mall, upon turning the corner into the mall aglass encased sign was smashed. This is when the call went out "As a Black Man you have my permission to fuck shit up, protest how ever you want!" Cheers erupted in response from the Bloc and this is when the rage began to flow over the 16th Street Mall. The next 6 blocks of the 16th Street Mall saw many corporate owned and bourgeoisie shops vandalized. Windows were smashed out, traffic control devices were relocated to block traffic while others were destroyed to create shields, many businesses were spray painted as well as the stone paved road and corporate "art" structures were vandalized. Targets hit include Target, Starbucks, US Bank, Subway, Mcdonalds, Corner Bakery, Gold Time Jewelery, Jimmy Johns, Giordano's and a couple of extremely gentrified restaurants. After reaching Colfax Ave the Bloc discussed next move and opted to call it in front of the state capitol. They dispersed with no other police contact aside from the initial riot police confrontation in front of the courthouse. No arrest were made from this group how ever another small group was rallied at the capitol and began to march to join this group. Details are unclear but at some point several police vehicles swarmed this small group jumped out and did a snatch and grab on one protester. The main group was only able to get pieces of information related to this event.

The Target/CVS entrance doors with "BURN IT" spray-painted in white over a posted face-covering notice. [Radical Edward - Untelevised Media]