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2007 Retro: What happened to the St. Paddy’s Day 7

By | 12.28.07 | 7:00 am


The dawn of the digital age brings us instant images, some of them excruciatingly disturbing, like a 65-year-old woman being dragged across the street by cops with her pants being torn off and leaving a wicked road rash (see

St. Paddy’s Drama, Questions, Persist

By | 05.09.07 | 3:11 pm

It’s been two months since Colorado Springs Police were caught on video and on camera dragging 65-year old Elizabeth Fineron across the street in the middle of a St. Patrick’s Day parade, sending her to the hospital and…

Lingering Questions Over St. Paddy’s Day Melee

By | 03.25.07 | 2:45 pm

A week after a St. Patrick’s Day parade turned ugly in Colorado Springs, many questions remain unanswered -including why Colorado Springs police followed parade organizer John O’Donnell’s instructions to eject a group of people who had a permit, issued…

‘Hippies Ruin Everything’

By | 03.20.07 | 2:35 pm

To read the posted comments left by readers of the Colorado Springs Gazette, the seven people who were arrested during last Saturday’s St. Patrick’s Day parade got, in the words of one, exactly “what they deserved.”

In fact,…

‘A Sad Day In Our City’

By | 03.19.07 | 6:18 pm

The following statement was issued today by Jim White, Acting Director of the Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission, following the arrests of seven people who were marching in Colorado Springs’ St. Patrick’s Day parade last Saturday.

Springs Police Launch St. Paddy’s Parade Investigation

By | 03.19.07 | 5:51 pm

Colorado Springs police have launched an internal investigation into the arrests of seven men and women during last Saturday’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in which officers were captured on camera and videotape dragging 65-year old Elizabeth Fineron across…

St. Paddy’s Parade Turns Ugly In Colorado Springs

By | 03.18.07 | 4:42 pm

An update to this continuing story is posted at Springs Police Launch St. Paddy’s Parade Investigation.

On St. Patrick’s Day, Eric Verlo’s children watched as their father, along…