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District Attorney Mitch Morrissey’s failure to prosecute deputy lands him in...

Anthony Waller is no choirboy. He has a long and violent criminal history, a disdain for law enforcement and a reputation in the Denver...

Denver Black Lives Matter protestors remember Michael Brown and others killed...

Protestors gathered at Sonny Lawson Park in Five Points and marched to the Denver County Courthouse to protest police violence and mourn the anniversary of...

Buried Seedz of Resistance uproots Denver Pride with protest against police...

This article has been updated. Beads, bracelets and condoms littered the intersection of Colfax and Lafayette this Sunday during the Denver Pride parade. People danced; music...

Denver police revise policy on shooting into moving vehicles

Shooting at a moving car is no longer an allowable form of self-defense for Denver Police, according to revised regulations for discharging firearms approved...

Readers’ views: Mitch Morrissey and the police who killed Jessica Hernandez

Last Friday, Denver's District Attorney Mitch Morrissey announced he would not prosecute the police who killed Jessica Hernandez. Readers responded passionately to our coverage. Denver-resident, arts...

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...