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Denver OK’s settlement with journalist detained by police

By 10/02/2019 | updated 7 years ago

Denver’s city council has approved a $50,000 settlement with a journalist who was handcuffed and detained by police after she photographed them standing around a naked, handcuffed man seated on a downtown sidewalk.

Denverite reports the council approved the settlement late Monday with Susan Greene, editor of The Colorado Independent. Officers also will undergo additional First Amendment training.

Denver police said Officers Adam Paulsen and James Brooks violated police policy in the July 2018 encounter, when they took Greene’s smartphone and placed her in a patrol car for about 10 minutes.

Greene was exercising her First Amendment rights to observe and record police activity.

The officers were docked two days’ pay.

Greene says the officers told her to “act like a lady.”

In this July 5, 2018, photo, Denver police approach Susan Greene, editor of The Colorado Independent, as she was taking photos of them standing near a naked man on a downtown Denver sidewalk. Greene says police told her to stop taking photos and, when she refused, handcuffed her. She was later released. Colorado law protects the public’s right to photograph peace officer actions.
(Susan Greene/The Colorado Independent via AP)
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