Author: Nick Sullivan
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District 20 board denies considering LGBTQ+ segregation, transgender bathroom policy at Thursday meeting
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Colorado Springs residents clashed over LGBTQ+ issues at Thursday’s Academy School District 20 board meeting as crowds overflowed into the hallway outside the conference room. An email that came to light earlier this week via an open-records request showed a community member proposed to administrators that the district set up a separate campus for LGBTQ+…
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Community invited to benefit show to help Club Q staff, performers pay bills
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Club Q’s staff and regular performers were left in a precarious financial position when the Nov. 19 shooting forced the business to close its doors for an indefinite period of time: an entertainer who is raising two teenagers, a dialysis patient whose appointments cannot wait, a producer who relied on Club Q as their only…
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Club Q shooting suspect’s mom faces charges, documents show
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The mother of the Club Q shooting suspect is facing two charges over her alleged behavior just hours after her child was arrested in the Nov. 19 attack, which left five people dead and more than a dozen others injured, according to a court summons issued by Colorado Springs police and obtained by media outlets.…
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Public defender records identify Club Q shooting suspect as nonbinary; virtual court appearance set for Wednesday
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The suspect in Saturday night’s Club Q shooting has been booked into the El Paso County jail, according to jail records and a tweet from Colorado Springs police on Tuesday. Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, was turned over to sheriff’s officers at the jail by Colorado Springs police. Aldrich had been detained at the hospital, according to…
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Club Q shooting survivor smiles through tragedy: ‘I’m happy to be alive’
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Ed Sanders was shot during the deadly Q Club attack, after which he was taken to UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central. Sanders said after the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting, he imagined it could happen at Club Q, where he was a regular patron since its opening in 2002. Club Q patron Ed Sanders was twice struck…
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Club Q mourners share stories at vigils honoring victims: ‘Love saved me’
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Kimberly has buried 10 LGBTQ+ friends she lost to hate crimes and suicides. When she received word that a mass shooting killed five people at Club Q on Saturday, she sat in bed for hours, terrified she would have to lay to rest yet another person she loved. She awoke Sunday to a phone call…
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Vigils across Colorado Springs honor lives lost at Club Q shooting
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So many people thronged to All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church on Sunday to mourn the dead and injured in Saturday night’s mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub that the church repeated the services three times, to let those standing outside crying, hugging and still in shock come inside to hear words of encouragement and hope.…
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Colorado Springs school district announces investigation into censured board member
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School District 49 intends to launch a legal investigation into one board member’s behavior following a censure at Thursday’s meeting. The board voted 3-2 to censure Ivy Liu for engaging “in willful and repeated behaviors that constitute failure to meet her fiduciary responsibilities to the district’s students, staff, parents, taxpayers and residents,” the resolution reads.…
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Colorado Springs school district bans ‘critical race theory’ amid bitter infighting on school board
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Several District 49 Board of Education members called on each other to resign at Thursday’s meeting. The events were the culmination of what some board members call “a series of inflammatory issues.” Board President John Graham opened by urging Ivy Liu to resign, saying he has “lost all confidence” in her ability to lead. Should…
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Officers were justified in fatal 2021 shooting, district attorney rules
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Colorado Springs officers were justified in an October 2021 shooting that killed a man who had pointed a gun at them, according to a review by the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Officers Paul Hubbard and Robert Comstock were found justified in use of deadly force, and Lt. Mark Chacon, Sgts. Jason Reeser and Earnest…