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Denver protests live: Updates from June 8 demonstrations following the death...
Protests following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis continue into their second week as lawmakers at the local and national level introduce legislation to reform policing across the country. In...
View ArticleDenver protest bystander blind in one eye after being hit by police with...
Jax Feldmann wasn’t protesting when a law enforcement officer riding on the back of a Denver Police Department truck fired a projectile at his face without warning and blinded him in one eye. Feldmann,...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Colorado, June 9: A look at the latest updates on COVID-19
Colorado is in the midst of reopening for summer amid a pandemic, allowing gyms, pools, churches, casinos and zoos to begin operating again. Overall, Colorado’s coronavirus cases and deaths are on a...
View ArticleGeorge Floyd, whose death energized a movement, to be buried
HOUSTON — George Floyd’s body arrived at a Houston church Tuesday for a private funeral, to be followed by burial, capping six days of mourning for the black man whose death inspired a global...
View ArticleProtesters heartened by swift police reform, but vow broader change
ATLANTA — In the two weeks since George Floyd’s killing, police departments have banned chokeholds, Confederate monuments have fallen and officers have been arrested and charged amid large global...
View ArticleMcMillin: Rapidly lawmakers in Colorado and across the nation are adopting...
Legislation to reform policing practices is being considered across the country, including in Colorado, and police departments are rapidly announcing their own policy changes. Some people have voiced...
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Denver protests live: Updates from June 9 demonstrations following the death...
Nationwide cries for police reform and more law enforcement accountability are being met by efforts from politicians to introduce legislation and launch investigations. Yesterday, Democrats unveiled a...
View ArticleDefund the police: What it means for Denver and who supports it
Calls to defund the police now echo inside Denver City Council chambers as several members say they support changing the makeup of the city’s police department and the responsibilities it’s assigned....
View ArticleCoronavirus in Colorado, June 10: A look at the latest updates on COVID-19
As the state announces more and more reopening guidelines, officials are watching Colorado’s neighboring states closely as coronavirus infections increase in Arizona and Utah. The number of new...
View ArticleFarhad Manjoo: Black Lives Matter is winning
It’s wondrous, isn’t it, how the people just keep coming out? Day after day, night after night, in dozens of cities, braving a deadly virus and brutal retaliation, they continue to pack the streets in...
View ArticleBlack students in Denver are much more likely to be ticketed or arrested at...
As Denver school board members make their case for removing police from schools, elected officials and advocates are pointing to strong data that shows Denver’s Black students are disproportionately...
View ArticleDenver’s law enforcement watchdog to investigate police tactics and use of...
Denver’s Office of the Independent Monitor will open an investigation into the tactics and use of force employed by police during the protests here of the killing of George Floyd. The monitor, Nick...
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Meet the Brothers of Brass, the New Orleans-style brass band setting Denver...
For Brothers of Brass band founder Khalil Simon, there are two essential tools of protest: a megaphone and a sousaphone. During the past week’s protests calling for police reform and racial justice in...
View ArticleLetters: Allowing animal cruelty in hunting is a new low (6/13/20)
Allowing animal cruelty in hunting is a new low Re: “Banned hunting techniques revived,” June 10 news story One may question how much lower can this present government stoop? The small article in...
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Marchers protest police shootings outside Denver DA Beth McCann’s house
Denver protesters demonstrated in front of District Attorney Beth McCann’s home Friday night as the family of a man killed by police last month questioned the official account of his death. Provided by...
View ArticleDenver protest leader says Stapleton may be next target if neighborhood...
A Denver Public Schools board member who has helped direct some of the recent police protests said Saturday that Stapleton is a likely next target for demonstrations if the neighborhood doesn’t change...
View Article“Stop fighting!” Atlanta sobriety test quickly turned deadly.
ATLANTA — One minute, Rayshard Brooks was chatting cooperatively with Atlanta police, saying he’d had a couple of drinks to celebrate his daughter’s birthday and agreeing to a breath test. The next,...
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Hickenlooper, Romanoff say they haven’t done enough for racial justice in...
In the final debate Tuesday evening between the two men vying for the Democratic nomination in the race for U.S. Senate in Colorado — former Gov. John Hickenlooper and former state House speaker Andrew...
View ArticleCU to re-examine buying furniture made with prison labor after petition from...
The University of Colorado is examining its relationship with the Colorado Department of Corrections after students and faculty raised concerns about the university’s purchase of furniture made with...
View ArticleBoulder County reports COVID-19 spike; CU chancellor scolds students
More than 100 Boulder County residents have tested positive for the respiratory disease COVID-19 since last week, making it the largest surge of novel coronavirus cases in the community since March —...
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