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The Beats

A short list of select topics

Denver Post reporter Alex Burness shows welts left after police fired foam pellets into a crowd of protesters on May 31, 2020. Burness was struck four times. (Photo courtesy of Shelly Bradbury)

Greene: Denver Police agreed to First Amendment training. It still hasn’t happened.

A pair of Denver officers taught me a few things in the summer of 2018. #1: That a woman ought to “Act like a lady”...
Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen marches and speaks with demonstrators on Monday, June 1, 2020, as they peacefully protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. (Hart Van Denburg/CPR News)

Thousands — including Denver’s police chief — marched Monday against police violence and the...

Denver’s police chief walked arm-in-arm with anti-racism protesters Monday during a peaceful march that contrasted with several nights of clashes between his officers and...
Damage to Denver Post building in Civic Center on Saturday, May 30, 2020. (Photo by Susan Greene)

CFOIC, journalism groups decry law enforcement targeting of reporters and photographers during George Floyd...

On June 1, Colorado Freedom of Information, Colorado Press Association, Colorado Broadcasters Association and the Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists...
People protesting the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd line the street outside the Fort Collins Police Department headquarters in Fort Collins, CO on May 29, 2020. (Photo by Tina Griego)

Guest Post: Moving toward justice requires all of us

"In these uncertain times.” For the past two-and-a-half months, I’ve struggled with this phrase. While much about this moment is, in fact, uncertain –...
Denver Police officers in riot gear aim paintball guns loaded with pepper balls toward protesters. May 29, 2020. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Denver protest over George Floyd’s death began calmly on Friday but escalated The official...

There was no tear gas or pepperbullets, though 11 police officers were standing by — far away from the crowd — in riot gear....
Protesters in downtown Denver demonstrate against the death of George Floyd on Thursday, May 28, 2020. (Photo credit: Hart Van Denburg/CPR News)

Denver police use chemicals to deter people protesting police violence as downtown erupts in...

Emergency sirens and crackly voices from police megaphones echoed off buildings in downtown Denver Thursday evening as 1,000 or so protesters marched through the...
Suncor Energy contractors work along Sand Creek after the detection of a chemical sheen on the water outside the oil refinery north of Denver on Wednesday, May 27, 2020.

Suncor reports chemical sheen on Sand Creek, breach of containment area at refinery north...

Contaminated water has been seeping into Sand Creek just up from where it meets the South Platte River near the Suncor Energy oil refinery...

Colorado released 290 inmates under governor’s executive order — less than 2% of prison...

Colorado’s prison system let out 290 inmates over two months under the governor’s executive order relaxing standards for release — less than 2% of...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines warning that antibody test results can have high false positive rates.

Antibody tests were hailed as way to end lockdowns. Instead, they cause confusion.

Aspen was an early COVID-19 hot spot in Colorado, with a cluster of cases in March linked to tourists visiting for its world-famous skiing....

Greene: Denver pastor says he and the world changed during seven-week COVID coma 'I...

The Rev. Terrance “Big T” Hughes remembers his first thought last month upon waking from his coma. He had no clue he was in the...