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10th Circuit says judge erred in denying immunity to Denver officers who arrested man for recording
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The Colorado-based federal appeals court sided with two Denver police officers on Tuesday, finding they were entitled to immunity outright or to a second look at their arguments in a lawsuit over a man’s arrest for video recording at a police station. There was no dispute that a sign was posted on the window of…
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Appeals court overturns $4 million jury award for elderly woman subject to Denver SWAT search
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Colorado’s second-highest court last week overturned a jury’s roughly $4 million award to an elderly Denver woman who was subject to a SWAT raid on her home after police believed, incorrectly, a stolen iPhone would be found inside. In ordering a new civil trial, a three-judge Court of Appeals panel imposed a new burden on…
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10th Circuit rules Denver police acted constitutionally by taking bullet removed from man
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Denver police did not violate the constitutional prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures by obtaining a bullet, without a warrant, that was removed from a man’s leg and later used as evidence against him, the Colorado-based federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. Law enforcement responded to an office building in the Cherry Creek neighborhood where…
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Appeals court rules Denver ordinance’s constitutionality has no bearing on lawfulness of arrest
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Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that regardless of whether a plaintiff could later show Denver’s ordinance was unconstitutional, arresting officers were acting with probable cause at the time and could not be held liable. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals pointed to a 1979 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that indicated…
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Denver police sergeant to face civil trial over alleged First Amendment retaliation, judge rules
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A federal judge ruled last month that a jury will evaluate whether a Denver police officer violated a man’s First Amendment rights by knocking his cell phone onto the ground in retaliation for video recording. Brian Loma was recording the city’s operation to dismantle a homeless encampment in November 2020 when he began yelling at…
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3 federal judges trim claims brought by 2020 protesters in Denver
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A trio of federal judges in recent weeks cut back the number of claims that could proceed to trial in lawsuits stemming from police use of force during the protests in downtown Denver four years ago. Numerous judges this year have found Denver or its officers may be held liable for excessive force or First Amendment…
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Federal judge green-lights lawsuit for trial by man arrested for recording Denver police station
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A jury will decide whether two Denver police officers violated a man’s First Amendment rights when they arrested him for recording at a police station, a federal judge ruled on Monday. There was no dispute that a sign was posted on the window of the District 5 station in northeast Denver prohibiting video recording “in”…
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Denver voters will decide whether to allow non-citizens to serve as police, firefighters
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Non-citizens are one step closer to being able to apply to become a Denver police officer or firefighter after the City Council unanimously approved a ballot measure seeking to change the city charter during Monday’s meeting. The proposed charter change requiring police and fire departments to drop a requirement that applicants be a U.S. citizen…
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Denver considers charter amendment allowing noncitizens to become first responders
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Another ballot measure will be considered by the Denver City Council on Monday. The council will decide whether to place a measure that would amend the city charter to allow noncitizens to become first responders on the November election ballot. The measure would allow noncitizens to become police officers or firefighters, a move that supporters…
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911 data shows hundreds of calls from Denver’s 5 hotel-turned-shelters for homeless people
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On any given day, Doc Miller keeps an eye on his wife Judith watering the garden outside of their South Broadway Bed & Breakfast hotel, wondering when a homeless person would come and threaten her. Their bed and breakfast is the only hotel along the south Broadway corridor, a busy zone that draws shoppers and…