{"id":1949474,"date":"2023-06-16T17:08:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T21:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-injured-at-denver-nuggets-parade-receives-surgery-on-leg\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T17:08:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T21:08:48","slug":"police-officer-injured-at-denver-nuggets-parade-receives-surgery-on-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-injured-at-denver-nuggets-parade-receives-surgery-on-leg\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver Nuggets parade: Police officer undergoes leg surgery after injury."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-officer-injured-at-denver-nuggets-parade-receives-surgery-on-leg%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1949474&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Officer Injured During the Denver Parade<\/h2>\n<p>The Denver parade to celebrate the Nuggets&#8217; historic win took an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lady-gagas-dog-walker-releases-statement-after-attack\/\" title=\"Lady Gaga\u2019s Dog Walker Releases Statement After Attack\">unexpected turn<\/a> when an officer was injured. Sgt. Justin Dodge, a member of the SWAT team, found himself in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-republicans-who-found-trump-guilty-of-inciting-capitol-riot-explain-their-votes\/\" title=\"7 Republicans Who Found Trump \u2018Guilty\u2019 Of Inciting Capitol Riot Explain Their Votes\">dangerous situation<\/a> as he walked alongside a Denver Fire Department engine carrying Nikola Jokic, his daughter, teammate Jamal Murray, and team owner Stan Kroenke.<\/p>\n<p>Dodge had been focused on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-injured-at-denver-nuggets-parade-receives-surgery-on-leg\/\" title=\"Denver Nuggets parade: Police officer undergoes leg surgery after injury.\">enthusiastic fans clamoring<\/a> around the fences set up on the parade path. As he stepped closer to the vehicle, it unexpectedly caught hold of his left leg, sending it under the wheels. The shocking incident was captured by a local reporter.<\/p>\n<h3>Surgery and Current Condition<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the pain, Dodge remained conscious and was swiftly transported to a hospital. There, he underwent surgery on his leg, according to Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas. Meanwhile, Jokic, Murray, Kroenke, and the others on top of the vehicle were escorted off.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas revealed that Dodge&#8217;s limb is still in jeopardy, and the Denver Police Department confirmed that he remains in serious but stable condition. Remarkably, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-cheers-as-homeless-group-seizes-hotel-near-tacoma-city-leaders-negotiating-with-group-as-police-refuse-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Far Left Cheers As Homeless Group Seizes Hotel Near Tacoma; City Leaders Negotiating With Group As Police Refuse To Intervene\">police chief<\/a> did not place blame on the paradegoers for the unfortunate injury.<\/p>\n<h3>A Dedicated Officer Doing His Job<\/h3>\n<p>Chief Thomas emphasized that the only safety challenge they faced during the parade was the officer&#8217;s injury. He commended Dodge for diligently protecting the public and expressed his regret that the officer was harmed in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The parade itself was organized to celebrate the Nuggets&#8217; remarkable achievement of winning their first-ever NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOOD STAMPS: WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SNAP BENEFITS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Denver parade, an officer was injured and required surgery after being run over by a fire truck. Sgt. Justin Dodge was walking beside a Denver Fire Department engine carrying Nikola Jokic, his daughter, and teammate Jamal Murray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1949475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[13018,7732,7211,21328,4707,10056,3967,8003,24591],"class_list":["post-1949474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-denver","tag-injury","tag-leg","tag-nuggets","tag-officer","tag-parade","tag-police","tag-surgery","tag-undergoes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1949474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1949475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1949474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1949474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1949474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}