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Tag: ACLU
VIDEO: ACLU slams Colorado Springs’ officers for racially-biased policing
Ryan and Benjamin Brown, two African American men, were out for a drive when white Colorado Springs police officers pulled them over. One officer...
Abortion politics flare as fetal homicide bill advances
DENVER — Senate Republicans on the Judiciary Committee advanced a fetal homicide bill Wednesday night that, for limited use, would write “personhood” language associated...
Colorado sheriffs, immigration activists, lawmakers join forces for ICE-detainer reform
Last summer Alejandro Menocal was about to be released from the Adams County Jail, where he had served time for dodging court fines. But...
Lawmakers consider giving the homeless the right to rest
In Wheat Ridge, police arrested people sitting on a bench for loitering near a school; the bench was not near a school. In Boulder, a man...
Wiretap: Rejecting torture by pardoning Bush officials
When George W. Bush was about to leave office, a number of conservative groups asked Bush to pull a Jerry Ford and preemptively pardon...
Taxpayer tab keeps rising for Denver law-enforcement snafus
Denver law enforcement has racked up more than a half million dollars in legal fees for jailing innocent people its officers have misidentified.
Oklahoma sued over botched execution
Oklahoma state officials need to stop shrouding information about its executions, according to a lawsuit filed today.
The suit, filed by The Oklahoma Observer...
Gay-rights groups, supporters launch Colorado ‘Marriage Matters’ campaign
"People come into my office to get married. It's a happy office. There are a lot of benefits that come with state-sanctioned marriage. I think everyone has an equal right to those benefits."
House Judiciary says no to Colorado debtors’ prisons
DENVER- Linda Roberts stole canned salmon from a Safeway just over a year ago. She was caught and brought before Wheat Ridge's municipal court, which...
ACLU tracks Colorado courts unlawfully jailing poor people
City courts across Colorado routinely lock up people too poor to pay fines, according to investigations by the ACLU detailed in letters sent to Northglenn, Westminster, and Wheat Ridge.