Tag: 2020 Protests
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Denver approves paying $1 million to six people to settle lawsuits stemming from 2020 protests
The Denver City Council on Monday approved six settlements totaling $1 million for three lawsuits brought by people who sued in federal court over the law enforcement response to the 2020 George Floyd protests. More than $900,000 will go to a group of four protesters, who filed the first lawsuit over the city’s response to…
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Denver to pay nearly $5M settlement over curfew arrests during 2020 protests
The settlement resolves one piece of a broad-sweeping federal lawsuit that saw another set of claims for excessive force by police go to trial last year
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Denver settles another federal case over 2020 protests
Denver agreed to settle another lawsuit over force used by police during the 2020 protests after George Floyd’s death in May that year. Court records indicate the city reached a settlement July 6 with the group of four people suing, though no specific details of the agreement have been made public. The parties have agreed…
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Aurora mayor calls for ‘pause’ in policing agreement with Denver
Don’t call it a breakup, but two of Colorado’s largest cities may be pausing the relationship that allows them to share police resources. Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman is proposing the split because of a spat over who should pay for lawsuits related to policing at the 2020 protests in Denver. Aurora has already filed suit…
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City to Kit Carson: You say hello and we say goodbye
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Where in the world is Kit Carson? The once-iconic downtown Denver Pioneer Monument which celebrated the likeness of one of Colorado’s most infamous mountain men is now weirdly barren. The statue stood as a symbol…