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Utah Gov. Cox says state warned ‘No Kings’ organizers it was a ‘bad idea’ to use ‘peacekeepers’
Months before the Salt Lake City “No Kings” protest on June 14 where police say an armed “peacekeeper” accidentally shot and killed a man, the Utah Department of Public Safety had warned protest organizers that having peacekeepers was a “bad idea.” That’s what Utah Gov. Spencer Cox told reporters during his monthly PBS Utah news conference on Thursday, after he was asked if there’s anything the state can or should do to prevent similar tragedies. “I don’t know that there’s more that we can do,” Cox said, adding state officials “work very closely with ...
