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Tag: Spencer Booker
No indictment for mishandling of Taser in Denver excessive force case
A grand jury has chosen not to issue indictments against four Denver sheriff's deputies and a sergeant in connection with the handling of the...
Family speaks on seventh anniversary of Marvin Booker’s death
Monday, July 10, marked seven years and one day since Marvin Booker died at the hands of five Denver sheriff's deputies. But on that...
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...
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...
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...
Denver’s excessive force payouts twice as much as Baltimore’s
Baltimore has in the past four years paid out $5.7 million in police brutality settlements, The Baltimore Sun reported last fall. Since Freddie Gray’s death two...