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MEDIA: Colorado police shoot people more than almost anywhere else— and...

In the span of a week, Colorado Public Radio and The Denver Post, each independent of the other, published big statewide long-form, in-depth investigations into police...

New Denver school board member says he will sit during the...

On the eve of his first monthly meeting Thursday, newly elected Denver school board member Tay Anderson said he would remain seated during the...

Community groups to Denver Police: Count Latinos in new accountability effort

  The Denver Police Department’s decision to once again collect data on the race of individuals its officers stop is raising a key question among...

Aurora’s heavily white police force is firing at blacks

Aurora police are shooting black people at a rate that’s more than three times higher than that city’s black population. A statewide review of police...

Will Denver’s District Attorney ever throw the book at killer cops?

It has been three and a half months since Denver police fatally shot unarmed 17-year-old Jessica Hernandez. And the world has changed. Police killings in...

Early Bird Special: Cops return pot to clinic, Aurora cops tow...

Here's our daily roundup of some of the news around Colorado that caught our attention: • Boulder police returned two 20-gallon drums of marijuana that...