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Why Westerners die at the hands of cops
This story originally appeared on High Country News.
Rancher Jack Yantis was eating dinner on a Sunday in early November when the Adams County sheriff’s...
Colorado Springs drops hundreds of panhandling charges
Colorado Springs is dropping 375 panhandling-related cases, according to a letter City Attorney Wynetta Massey sent to the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado on...
New smartphone app helps the public keep cops accountable
"If you see something, say something."
It's a mantra that's constantly drilled into us in post-9/11 America. But what if you see the cops do something wrong?...
ACLU: Too poor to pay a fine in Colorado Springs? Go...
COLORADO SPRINGS — Too poor to afford a fine? Spend a few days in jail instead to pay it off.
That's essentially what's happening in...
Denver police stop enforcing panhandling ordinance
Denver police will no longer ticket and arrest people for panhandling – at least until City Council rewrites Denver's rules to comply with the...
Court shoots down Grand Junction panhandling ordinance
Federal district judge Christine Arguello on Wednesday put an end to Grand Junction’s panhandling ordinance, ruling the law violates the First Amendment right to...
Wheat Ridge judge breaks the law jailing a man for court...
Wilburn Taylor has been criminalized for being poor by the city of Wheat Ridge, not once, but twice.
In March of 2014, a Wheat Ridge...
Sit on the curb, go to jail
Sit in the wrong place in downtown Colorado Springs, and you could find yourself arrested. At least, that would be the case if Mayor...
Jessica Hernandez’s killers ‘justified’ – like all killer cops under Morrissey
Nobody expected Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey to indict police officers for killing 17-year-old Jessica Hernandez. Denver, after all, isn’t a city known for...
District Attorney will not prosecute police who killed Jessica Hernandez
District Attorney Mitch Morrissey has opted not to prosecute the Denver police officers who killed unarmed 17-year-old Jessica Hernandez January 26 in Park Hill. Morrissey...