People take part in the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)
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…