Denverite: Denver police are facing continued backlash over two officers’ use of face masks during a mid-April drug operation in north Denver. 

A recent city ordinance banned law enforcement from using masks to conceal their identities. But police Chief Ron Thomas said that law didn’t apply because the officers were working undercover and needed to protect their identities.

Here’s what happened, and how community members and local leaders are reacting.

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