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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 Marchers Jubilant After Mistrial

By | 08.25.07 | 1:11 pm

A hung jury on Friday prompted Municipal Court Judge Robert Warren to declare a mistrial in the St. Paddy’s Seven trial in Colorado Springs. The city attorney and parade organizer’s claims -

St. Paddy’s Seven Trial Underway

By | 08.23.07 | 3:36 pm

Jury selection for the so-called St. Paddy’s Day Seven – peace activists who were arrested after they refused to disperse during this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in Colorado Springs – began this week.

And, according to

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…

‘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…