Tag: Protest
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Protesters briefly disrupt CU Denver commencement ceremonies Saturday; 2,200 students receive degrees
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly 2,200 students saw the fruit of their labors rewarded Saturday at the University of Colorado Denver’s spring commencement ceremonies. However during both the morning and afternoon commencements at the Denver Coliseum, around 50 pro-Palestinian protestors disrupted the ceremonies for around five minutes. Despite the…
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MSU Denver graduation proceeds despite threats of disruption by pro-Palestinian activists
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Amidst the threat of disruption by pro-Palestinian protesters whose escalating activities worried officials in the last few days, students at Metropolitan State University of Denver celebrated their achievements during the spring commencement exercises on Friday. Two graduation ceremonies honoring more than 2,000 college students obtaining…
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Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupts Colorado lawmakers’ first day
Pro-Palestinian protesters temporarily shut down the Colorado General Assembly’s opening day ceremonies. The disruption was not unexpected. Pro-Palestinian protesters also tried to shut down proceedings during November’s special session on property taxes. In response to the disruption, Sen. Julie Gonzales said lawmakers “don’t have the time to waste.”
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Denver Public School students walk out over district violent student policies
Scores of students walked out of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. High Early College in northeast Denver Tuesday morning in protest over Denver Public Schools’ policies that allow students in trouble with the law to attend classes in person. The students left class at 11 a.m. and walked to Evie Garrett Dennis Campus, which is…
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Former Hamas chief’s call for ‘Day of Rage’ fails to attract protesters in Denver
The city’s Jewish community speaks of security
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Colorado College alum Liz Cheney delivers commencement speech; graduates turn chairs away from stage in protest
More than 450 Colorado College students, many of whom were forced to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic just a few months after beginning college, celebrated their accomplishments during Sunday’s commencement ceremony at Ed Robson Arena. But the event was marked by a group protest of this year’s commencement speaker, CC alumna Liz Cheney, just minutes…
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‘This is not enough’: East High students to continue fight for gun violence prevention
Students say they’re happy, but not satisfied, with the state’s new gun control legislation
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Man to receive $350,000 settlement for beating by Denver police during protest
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver will pay $350,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a man who said he was tackled, punched and beaten in the genitals by Denver police officers unprovoked at a protest over the city’s clearing of a homeless encampment in July 2020. City Council Monday…
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10th Circuit finds no merit to First Amendment claims of Northglenn mosque protestor
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed Wednesday that a man convicted of violating a sidewalk obstruction ordinance while holding an “Islam Kills” sign outside a Northglenn mosque failed to show his First Amendment rights were violated. Richard Roy Blake filed a federal lawsuit…