Tag: Devon Bailey
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Protesters demonstrate in neighborhood of Colorado Springs police officer involved in death of De’Von Bailey
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save VIDEO | De’Von Bailey protest on 1-year anniversary of his death About 100 protesters gathered for about an hour Monday in the neighborhood of one of the Colorado Springs police officers involved in the shooting death of De’Von Bailey one year ago. Colorado Springs police…
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Family of De’Von Bailey attends police reform bill signing, says it ‘came a little too late’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado became the first state in the nation to act on police reform Friday. The parents of a 19-year-old Colorado Springs man killed by police last summer stood behind the Gov. Jared Polis as the police reform bill was signed. The parents of De’Von Bailey,…
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I-25 ‘Olympic City USA’ sign vandalized with messages related to controversial shooting of De’Von Bailey
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The “Olympic City USA” sign that greets people entering the Colorado Springs from the north was defaced Tuesday morning with a message related to the death of De’Von Bailey, who was shot and killed by police last summer. Red paint was splashed across the aluminum…
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2 arrested for blocking Colorado Springs Festival of Lights Parade during protest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police arrested two women Saturday who brought the Festival of Lights Parade to a halt during a protest over the police shooting last summer of a 19-year-old black man. Tyescha Clark and Flannery Burdick stopped the city’s 35th annual holiday parade for about…
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Memorial for De’Von Bailey replaced hours after city removes it from park
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Neighborhood residents gathered Friday night to again mark the spot where a 19-year-old black man was shot and killed by Colorado Springs police officers last summer after city workers removed a makeshift memorial. The memorial — spray-painted homages, candles and crosses — had been along…
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Polis won’t order independent investigation into fatal shooting of De’Von Bailey
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said he won’t order an independent investigation into the case of De’Von Bailey, who was fatally shot in the back as he fled from Colorado Springs police. The decision comes about a week after a grand jury found the two officers…
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Grand jury to investigate fatal police shooting of De’Von Bailey, district attorney’s office says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A grand jury will decide if two Colorado Springs police officers were legally justified when they shot and killed 19-year-old De’Von Bailey, the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. The DA’s Office normally reviews…
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Gov. Polis’ call for independent investigation into police shooting of De’Von Bailey brings strong response from Mayor John Suthers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday recommended an independent review of the Colorado Springs police shooting of 19-year-old De’Von Bailey, saying it would “maintain public trust and confidence.” Such review is important, given the racial tensions across the nation and questions raised by some city residents,…
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Protesters decry ‘murder’ of black teen, demand independent investigation of Colorado Springs police shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Using the word “murder” to describe the police killing of a 19-year-old black armed robbery suspect earlier this month, about 60 people protested Thursday outside City Hall to again demand an independent investigation. The protesters, led by the slain man’s father, the family’s attorney, Mari…
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Police body camera footage stokes more controversy in shooting death of De’Von Bailey
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police body camera footage released Thursday shows two officers fatally shoot De’Von Bailey in the back after confronting him over a reported armed robbery. The cameras worn by Sgt. Alan Van’t Land and Officer Blake Evenson show Bailey, 19, and cousin Lawrence Stoker…