Tag: Black Lives Matter
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Aurora police: Kilyn Lewis shot blind, 63-year-old man
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Even as protesters and the lawyers representing the family Kilyn Lewis — who was killed by the Aurora police in May — sought to portray his death as part of a pattern that included Elijah McClain and others, there are major differences in the cases. Notably, McClain was…
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Judge tosses lawsuit over military’s reprimand of officer in Black Lives Matter protest
After the Colorado National Guard walked back its discipline of an officer who protested for racial justice in Denver, a federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit on grounds that the underlying legal controversy has ended. Alan Kennedy was a part-time Colorado Army National Guard captain in May 2020 when Minneapolis police murdered George Floyd, prompting…
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Man sneaks into Denver school, harasses parents and staff over Black Lives Matter event: Officials
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Days after a Denver elementary school faced backlash over its participation in the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action, a man sneaked into the school on Monday to harass parents and staff. In a letter sent to families, the principal of Centennial Elementary…
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Denver elementary school receives backlash for participating in Black Lives Matter week of action
A month after Denver’s Centennial Elementary School was the target of national backlash for promoting a “Families of Color Playground Night,” the school was in the national spotlight again after announcing it would participate in the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action that includes a commitment to “the disruption of western nuclear family dynamics.” The national…
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Independent report to be released on death of Elijah McClain after police encounter
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Nearly 60,000 sign petition against reinstatement of Aurora officers who mocked Elijah McClain death
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tens of thousands have signed a Change.org petition advocating against the reinstatement of three former Aurora police officers who took a selfie mocking the death of Elijah McClain. The petition, started two weeks ago by…
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Aurora police, paramedics deny wrongdoing in death of Elijah McClain
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The city of Aurora and employees of the Aurora Police Department and Aurora Fire Rescue deny any wrongdoing in the death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain in 2019, according to the civil lawsuit filed by McClain’s family. McClain, a young Black man, was killed after being…
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Coloradans protest no officers charged with Breonna Taylor’s death
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hundreds of people protested in Denver Wednesday night against a Grand Jury’s decision not to charge police officers in connection with Breonna Taylor’s death. Taylor, 26, was shot and killed in her apartment by three…
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Summer of discontent: pandemic, record heat, fires, protests and racial reckoning
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This was weeks before the heat. May 28, a night of American unrest. Another tumultuous moment in this time of sickness and social and political reckoning. Apryl Alexander, a leader with Black Lives Matter 5280,…