Tag: Taser
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Deputies: Man admitted to murdering in-laws to police dispatch, asked to be shot
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man who was fatally shot by police at the scene of a double homicide in Adams County Friday morning allegedly called 911 dispatch, confessed to the killing and asked police to shoot him, Adams County Sheriff’s Deputies say. The 51-year-old man, identified as the son-in-law…
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Englewood police use Taser on unarmed man while taking away his dog
Officers involved in the incident are now under investigation
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$100 million lawsuit claims Colorado officer violated policy, paralyzed suspect
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado Springs police officer is facing a $100 million lawsuit from a man who was reportedly tased and paralyzed two years ago. Attorneys representing Jacob Root claim that police officer Robert Comstock violated the…
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Federal judge declines to label appeal of Colorado police killing ‘frivolous’
Two Colorado Springs officers who repeatedly tased a man, causing his death, are being sued for excessive force
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10th Circuit gives Denver officer immunity for tasing surrendering, unarmed man
A trial judge mischaracterized body-worn camera footage showing a Denver officer tasing a surrendering, unarmed man, the federal appeals court based in Colorado determined on Tuesday. Consequently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit granted the officer immunity in the excessive force lawsuit against him. The attorney for plaintiff Gregory Heard argued in…
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Judge says man suing Aurora may use AG’s investigation into police department
Two months after the Colorado Attorney General’s Office released a report concluding that Aurora police have a pattern and practice of excessive force and racially-based law enforcement, a federal judge allowed a man to incorporate the report’s findings into his own excessive force claims against the city. U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak on Thursday granted…