Denver to pay out more money to protesters injured during 2020 George Floyd...
Denver will pay $465,000 to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of two men shot in the head with less-lethal projectiles by police officers during the George Floyd protests in 2020. Nicholas Orlin and...
View ArticleHow Colorado’s municipal courts became the state’s most punitive forum for...
On a cold February day, employees at Diva’s Boutique in downtown Rifle called police to report a married couple had stolen two $15 mid-cut black shirts from the clothing store. When police arrived, an...
View ArticleProposition 130 would require Colorado to set aside $350 million for law...
Colorado voters will decide in the Nov. 5 election whether to require the state to set aside $350 million in one-time money for law enforcement next year. Proposition 130, backed by the conservative...
View ArticleCU Boulder condemns pro-Hamas, anti-Israel graffiti on campus
Messages expressing support for Hamas and denouncing Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza were spray-painted across the University of Colorado Boulder early Friday, prompting a rebuke from...
View ArticleAurora police clear officer who fatally shot Kilyn Lewis
Aurora police announced Friday that officer Michael Dieck did not violate department policy in May when he shot and killed Kilyn Lewis, who was unarmed and holding a cellphone. Dieck was cleared by a...
View ArticleDenver Mayor Mike Johnston sets off firestorm with vows to resist Donald...
Mayor Mike Johnston’s pointed comments last week about Denverites resisting a federal mass-deportation effort — including a suggestion that he would mobilize the Denver Police Department to face off...
View ArticleCU Boulder retaliated against pro-Palestine demonstration by stifling...
Two students sued the University of Colorado on Monday, alleging school leaders violated their free speech and due process rights by temporarily barring them from the Boulder campus after they...
View ArticleDenver, police officer appeal more than $14M in payouts to George Floyd...
Denver and a city police officer are appealing a federal jury’s orders that they pay millions in damages to demonstrators injured by officers during the 2020 protests over the death of George Floyd....
View ArticleHundreds rally against Trump’s mass-deportation plan in Aurora
Hundreds rallied at Aurora’s snow-covered Fletcher Plaza on Saturday to express their opposition to mass deportations and other policy proposals championed by President Donald Trump. Addressing the...
View ArticleDenver will pay nearly $1 million to protesters for police actions during...
Denver will pay $980,000 to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of eight people who were seriously injured by police during the George Floyd protests in 2020 under several settlements approved Monday by...
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