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Tag: police shooting
Rangely police shooting: The truth emerges and the healing begins
RANGELY ̶ Late in the evening, two hours into Monday’s meeting at the community college, Debra Pierce turned and faced the police lieutenant who...
Through the Cracks: A stranger, a police shooting, and a small...
RANGELY – No one seems to know why Daniel Pierce settled in this northwestern Colorado town last year after his wife in Missouri and...
Homebrew: Pot activists plot next move
Public consumption
The same forces behind marijuana legalization in 2012 have their sights set on a new goal: public pot consumption. Wednesday, Mason Tvert and Brian Vicente proposed...
Homebrew: GoFundMe pulls Twin Peaks’ funding campaign
Fund times
GoFundMe, the crowdsourcing website, has put Twin Peaks Charter Academy’s fundraising campaign under review. The school’s principal had set up the fundraising page...
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...
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...
Homebrew: No answer for why Aurora SWAT officer killed Naeschylus Vinzant
But why?
Two months ago Aurora SWAT Officer Paul Jerothe shot and killed unarmed Naeschylus Vinzant. Police officials and the the Jefferson County DA have so far...
Thunderdome 2015: Police body cameras vs. chokeholds
“Thunderdome 2015” is The Colorado Independent's wrap-up series on the 2015 legislative season. For a series overview, check out “Thunderdome 2015: 120 days under the...
Statetap: Affordable Care hack
CU Boulder is the newest large employer in the country to cut workers' hours to skirt the Affordable Care Act requirement to provide health insurance to part-time employees.