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GREENE: Slain preacher’s family alleges that Denver officers rigged Taser evidence
The family of the homeless street preacher killed in Denver's jail in 2010 wants the new district attorney to investigate whether the officers responsible...
Assault on sheriff’s deputy caught on tape, but hardly rare
A city surveillance video puts a new face on the problem of increasing violence at Denver’s overcrowded jail.
The footage below shows a housing pod...
Denver’s review of jailhouse killing has taken 13 months, and counting
It has been nearly 13 months since the Denver Sheriff's Department launched its internal investigation into the death of Michael Marshall, a mentally ill homeless man...
Greene: Mitch Morrissey leaves his fingerprint
It was a year ago this week, and noon hour at the Brown Palace. Members of Denver’s City Club lunched on pork loins with...
Boulder County refuses to release jail death videotapes
Boulder County is refusing to release videotape that may shed light on the May 27 death of Stephanie Anderson in the county’s jail.
The mother...
Family of man killed in jail slams Denver for “cover up”
The family of Michael Lee Marshall -- a homeless man killed by Denver sheriff's deputies -- says Mayor Michael Hancock's administration tainted the homicide...
Rift deepens between Hancock and black leaders
Tensions long have festered between Mayor Michael Hancock and Denver’s black pastors. Especially since the recent death of a mentally ill homeless man restrained...
Hancock administration’s “transparency” about Michael Marshall’s death is hard to see
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration says it’s “committed to transparency” about the death last week of Michael Lee Marshall after sheriff’s deputies restrained him...
Michael Lee Marshall and Marvin Booker: Parallels in both life and...
Michael Lee Marshall didn’t know about Marvin Booker until days before he died.
The two men had lots in common.
Both had mental health problems and...
The Bookers are back. Family pushes for reform in the city...
Every July 9, a group gathers outside the Denver jail to remember a moment in city history the Hancock administration would rather forget.
That was...