In the wake of a recent shooting that left six bystanders injured by Denver police officers, officials were looking for a way to keep the order in the city's Lower Downtown district. Hoping to reduce crowds—and crime, the logic went—the city moved to ban food trucks from operating in profitable late-night weekend slots.
At 1:30 a.m. on July 17, Denver Police Department officers were monitoring the crowds of people departing nightclubs. They witnessed an altercation involving Jordan Waddy, with one officer observing that he "may have had a firearm concealed in his hoodie or waistband." An officer saw Waddy "reaching into his waistband or pocket in a motion consistent with pulling out a firearm," so the cops began to shoot (bodycam video later revealed that Waddy removed his handgun from his hoodie and tossed it to the ground). Six bystanders were injured in the ordeal.
