Tag: Siddhartha Rathod
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Police departments handled multiple officer-involved shootings differently | 2024: A LOOK BACK
In a little over two months, the Denver metro area had nine officer-involved shootings. The corresponding agencies, including the Denver Police Department and the Aurora Police Department, handled the release of public information differently throughout the various incidents, raising questions over how media information regarding shootings is disseminated. For example, Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas…
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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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Family of unarmed, pregnant woman sues Arvada police in her death
Francis Thompson understands that police have a job to do. His father was a Denver Sheriff deputy and his first cousin is a Thornton police officer. But to Thompson, five Arvada officers who were involved in the shooting death of his pregnant daughter were not on the good side of the law. “I want payback.…
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Denver grand jury charges one police officer in July LoDo shooting that injured seven
A Denver grand jury filed 14 criminal charges against one of five officers involved in a July shooting in Lower Downtown that injured seven people, including the suspect and bystanders, the Denver District Attorney Beth McCann’s office announced Wednesday. Officer Brandon Ramos faces two counts of reckless second degree assault, three counts of third degree…