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Federal judge sides with Lafayette officers who used dog to bite unarmed man
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Lafayette police officers acted reasonably by directing a dog to bite an unarmed, allegedly unconscious man for 20 seconds, a federal judge decided last month in rejecting the excessive force claims of plaintiff Adrian Martinez. Although law enforcement knew Martinez had walked away from his hospital bed in February 2018, it was unclear whether he…
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CAPITOL M: Week of Jan. 15, 2022 — Welcome Back to Gold Dome High
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The lighter side of the Capitol, unless it isn’t. The 2022 session is off to a bang (of the gavel) and the return of lawmakers during a pandemic that does.not.ever.want.to.end. The big question this week: how long the legislature will be able to operate before having to adjourn because of a massive outbreak of COVID.…
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Fountain police had no probable cause to deploy drug-sniffing dog, appeals court rules
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An El Paso County judge wrongly concluded that Fountain police acted lawfully when they used a drug-detection dog to uncover illegal narcotics in a man’s vehicle – even though there was no probable cause of a crime, the state’s Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday. By a 2-1 decision, a panel of the appellate court agreed…
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After 25 years, finally freedom for pit bulls in Castle Rock
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Castle Rock officials have voted to end the town’s 25-year-old ban on pit bulls. The Castle Rock Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to get rid of the ban citing difficulty enforcing the ban without DNA testing. Local law enforcement told officials that lifting the ban would not jeopardize their safety. Instead, officials left in a…
