The family of Rajon Belt-Stubblefield served notice Monday to the city of Aurora that they intend to file a lawsuit in connection with the August shooting death of…
Read more Family of Black man killed by Aurora police intends to sue the cityThe Douglas County sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a man in the parking lot of a Highlands Ranch arcade last year attacked him “unreasonably and excessively,” according…
Read more Family of man killed by Douglas County deputy files wrongful death suitTwo Front Range cities are eyeing more oversight for their police departments. Lakewood’s City Council voted last week to “work toward the establishment” of an independent civilian oversight board…
Read more Two Denver suburbs eye new oversight of their police departmentsIn a ruling on Friday, a judge restricted federal officers from detaining or using tear gas against peaceful protesters who are not obstructing authorities in Minneapolis, where demonstrations…
Read more Judge restricts federal officers’ use of tear gas during protests in MinneapolisTrump administration’s concern for Colorado inmates contradicts actions Re: “DOJ investigating state’s prisons,” Dec. 9 news story I read with great interest that President Donald Trump’s Department of…
Read more Where is Trump’s concern for conditions in federal detention centers? (Letters)A senior Border Patrol official who has become the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns in Los Angeles and Chicago is due in court Tuesday to take…
Read more Top Border Patrol official due in court to answer questions about Chicago immigration crackdownAURORA, Colo. — Around a dozen community members gathered outside Aurora’s Municipal Center Wednesday, holding candles and demanding justice for Rajon Belt-Stubblefield, a 37-year-old man shot and killed…
Read more Aurora community continues call for justice during vigil for Rajon Belt-StubblefieldColorado’s Division of Youth Services last month removed all youth from its Lookout Mountain detention center amid what advocates say were deteriorating safety conditions. All 36 young people…
Read more Youth detention center in Golden emptied amid what advocates called deteriorating safety conditionsWhen Alecia Phonesavanh heard her 19-month-old son, Bou Bou, screaming, she thought he was simply frightened by the armed men who had burst into the house in the…
Read more ‘Botched’ Drug Raids Show How Prohibition Invites Senseless ViolenceLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Kentucky police detective of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during a botched 2020 drug raid…
Read more Jury Convicts Former Kentucky Officer Of Using Excessive Force On Breonna Taylor During Deadly Raid – KXLTwo civil rights groups are calling for an investigation into “alarming reports” about a 29-year-old immigrant with a disability who was allegedly assaulted repeatedly by deputies at a…
Read more Immigrant with disabilities repeatedly assaulted by deputies at Calhoun County jail, civil rights groups allegeA jury has awarded $1.5 million to the family of a Black Detroit man killed by two cops on the city’s west side in October 2018. The jury…
Read more Two Detroit cops used excessive force when they killed a Black man in 2018, jury finds
