Brauchler: The crime wave in Colorado has been building for a while, but now...
A mere ten weeks ago, I wrote in these pages of a coming crime wave. The numbers are in for the first half of 2020. I confess that I underestimated the speed and intensity of that wave, and where it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tay Anderson is bold, brash and unapologetic about seeking change in Denver
Tay Anderson needs some new shoes. It’s June 24, and the 21-year-old activist and Denver school board member is enjoying a rare day off. Over the prior month, he’d hit the pavement hard, walking miles...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Denver students offer youth perspective on racial justice with new podcast...
When the death of George Floyd sparked protests in Denver, members of the Black Student Alliance at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College felt like they couldn’t sit idly by. But after peaceful...
View ArticlePoll: What name would you choose to replace Stapleton?
A list of hundreds of potential new names for Denver’s Stapleton neighborhood, which currently carries the name of a former mayor who belonged to the Ku Klux Klan, has been whittled down to nine...
View ArticleMurals for people killed by police, gun violence popping up across Denver as...
On a Thursday afternoon, Ana Thallas sits on a rooftop bar with artist Hiero Veiga as he paints a mural of her daughter Isabella’s smiling face on the side of the building. Only a month ago, Thallas...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The graffiti on Colorado’s Capitol will likely be there for a while
The amount of graffiti and other vandalism on the Colorado Capitol building and its grounds — which began to appear during late May protests of police violence — has increased almost daily since then....
View ArticleKafer: Want to convince me to wear a mask? Here’s what not to do.
As a college instructor, I normally teach students how to be more persuasive, but today I’ll be giving pointers on how to be as unpersuasive as possible. Want to convince a skeptical friend,...
View ArticleMayor of Portland to Trump: Get your troops out of the city
PORTLAND, Ore. — The mayor of Portland demanded Friday that President Donald Trump remove militarized federal agents he deployed to the city after some detained people on streets far from federal...
View ArticleJohn Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80
ATLANTA — John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and...
View ArticleCollective bargaining agreements for police officers provide protections that...
SEATTLE — A stipulation in a Kentucky police contract prohibited officials from initially firing the officers involved in Breonna Taylor’s death in Louisville. The disciplinary history of a Chicago...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Rallies supporting and protesting police clash in Denver’s Civic Center
Protesters crashed a pro-police rally Denver’s Civic Center Park on July 19, 2020. The anti-police protesters greatly outnumbered the pro-police crowd, and moved into their rally’s space in the park’s...
View ArticleNathaniel Rateliff, Wesley Schultz and others to lead Monday march on...
Wesley Schultz, the Lumineers lead singer and guitarist along with Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and other Colorado musicians will march on Greenwood Village City Hall Monday night to...
View ArticleDenver Mayor Michael Hancock, 13 other mayors call for federal forces to...
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock joined 13 other U.S. mayors in calling for federal law enforcement and military to stop their deployment to cities in response to protests. “We urge you to take immediate...
View ArticleMLB players taking visible stance on social justice
PHOENIX — Major League Baseball hasn’t always been at the forefront of the social justice movement in recent years, with leagues like the NBA and NFL usually taking center stage. But in the aftermath...
View ArticleJudge hears Oregon request to restrain federal agents
PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge heard arguments Wednesday on Oregon’s request for a restraining order against federal agents sent to the state’s biggest city to quell protests that have spiraled into...
View ArticleMayor of Portland, Oregon, tear gassed by federal agents
PORTLAND, Ore. — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, was tear gassed by the U.S. government late Wednesday as he stood at a fence guarding a federal courthouse during another night of protest against the...
View ArticleEditorial: Trump and the federal agents he can deploy need to stay away from...
Coloradans must be prepared for the possibility that President Donald Trump will order federal agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security into Denver to intimidate protesters and silence the...
View ArticleJudge blocks U.S. agents from arresting observers in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge specifically blocked U.S. agents from arresting or using physical force against journalists and legal observers at protests in Oregon’s largest city where President...
View ArticleJason Dunn: The less-sensational story behind the federal agents in Portland...
As the chief federal law enforcement official in Colorado, I have watched with keen interest what is happening in Portland, Oregon, regarding the use of federal law enforcement personnel. I have also...
View ArticleLetters: Breaking down Jason Dunn’s thoughts on the feds in Portland (7/28/20)
Breaking down Jason Dunn’s thoughts on the feds in Portland Re: “The real story of federal agents in Portland,” July 25 guest commentary and “Trump should keep feds away,” July 24 editorial The guest...
View Article