A "Good Trouble Lives On" protest on July 17 at a high-traffic west Mesa intersection escalated amid accusations that a firearm was pulled out.

“If a teenage boy or girl steals some chips from Circle K, they get put in handcuffs and put in the back of a police car. This guy pointed a weapon, and if you look at the picture again, his finger’s on the trigger,” the protester said. “The fact that he wasn’t put in handcuffs right there in that parking lot is appalling.”