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Pre-arrest diversion programs could have saved Michael Marshall

Last November, 50-year-old Michael Marshall suffered an acute psychotic episode —symptomatic of his chronic schizophrenia —while in custody at a Denver detention center. Multiple deputies forcibly...

Littwin: Michael Marshall didn’t have to die

Denver sheriff's staff restrained Michael Lee Marshall and put a spit guard on his mouth. He choked on his own vomit, lost consciousness and died...

Video: Denver deputies fatally restrain Michael Marshall

Michael Lee Marshall, a mentally ill, homeless man, was fatally restrained by Denver sheriff's deputies at the jail in November. Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey announced...

D.A. won’t prosecute deputies who killed Michael Lee Marshall. Video released...

Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey's office will not prosecute the sheriff's deputies who fatally restrained Michael Lee Marshall, a homeless, mentally ill man, at...

Colorado Independent sues Denver: Release the Michael Marshall tapes

  The Colorado Independent has sued the City and County of Denver demanding the release of videotapes showing sheriff’s deputies’ fatal confrontation with Michael Lee...

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...

Hunger striking clergy demand video of sheriffs killing inmate

The City of Denver refuses to release the footage of sheriff's deputies killing Michael Lee Marshall in the city jail. Denver pastors have launched a...

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...

Scared

The man looked up from petting the dog. Joy dropped from his face. He was afraid of us. It was a Sunday morning, the day...

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...