Crowd protests charges against Denver anti-racism leaders

DENVER (AP) — People are gathering at the Colorado state Capitol in Denver to protest the filing of felony charges against several protest leaders. Six protesters, including organizers of demonstrations over the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man in Aurora, could face years in prison over what critics say are trumped-up charges representing an attack on the Black Lives Matter movement. McClain died in 2019 when police used a stranglehold to arrest him and paramedics injected