Tag: Legal Director
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Colorado jury awards $3.76 million, finds two Denver Police officers guilty of constitutional violations
A Denver jury on Friday awarded $3.76 million to a 78-year-old Montbello resident after finding two Denver Police officers guilty of violating her constitutional rights. Ruby Johnson, a retired postal worker, lived in the same home in Montbello for more than 40 years. On Jan. 4, 2022, a Denver Police Department SWAT team carried out…
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Denver student killed near East High School frames end of mayoral debate
Death of Luis Garcia, 16, frames conversation around school safety at recent mayoral debate
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Redistricting commissioners clash over prisoner reallocation
Some of the commissioners charged with redrawing Colorado’s congressional maps have raised objections to a law requiring them to count state prisoners where they lived prior to their incarceration, instead of where they’re locked up, drawing sharp responses from members of the panel who back the prisoner reallocation law. While only a minority of commissioners…