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Federal judge allows Aurora protest leader to sue city, detective over prosecution
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A federal judge last week declined to dismiss a malicious prosecution lawsuit against the city of Aurora and one of its detectives, brought by a 2020 protest leader who alleged there was no probable cause to arrest her. Eliza Lucero was involved in a protest outside an Aurora Police Department station in July 2020. She…
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Appeals court reinstates man’s lawsuit challenging $600 open records fee
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Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday directed a trial judge to evaluate whether the state’s health department responded reasonably by imposing a $600 fee on a man’s request for records about the administration of ketamine by paramedics. At the same time, a three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals took umbrage at the inflammatory language Frank…
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Colorado House bill seeks to limit police use of ‘prone restraint’ technique
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A bill introduced in the Colorado House seeks to include “prone” restraint in the state’s legal definition of excessive physical force. If passed, it would require officers who employ the technique to promptly transition the individual to a “recovery position” to facilitate normal breathing. Critics of the technique say it should be abolished due to…
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Colorado House bill seeks to limit police use of ‘prone restraint’ technique
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A bill introduced in the Colorado House seeks to include “prone” restraint in the state’s legal definition of excessive physical force. If passed, it would require officers who employ the technique to promptly transition the individual to a “recovery position” to facilitate normal breathing. Critics of the technique say it should be abolished due to…
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Colorado House bill seeks to limit police use of ‘prone restraint’ technique
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A bill introduced in the Colorado House seeks to include “prone” restraint in the state’s legal definition of excessive physical force. If passed, it would require officers who employ the technique to promptly transition the individual to a “recovery position” to facilitate normal breathing. Critics of the technique say it should be abolished due to…
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Boulder’s interim chief on police reform, Elijah McClain and JonBenet Ramsey
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Stephen Redfearn has been on the scene of some of Colorado’s most high-profile tragedies — Columbine, the Aurora theater shooting, the death of Elijah McClain, and the December 2021 Marshall Fire. “It seemed like if it was going to happen, I was working,” he said in an interview from his second-floor Boulder office Tuesday. As president…
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Appeals court finds no racial discrimination by El Paso County prosecutor
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Colorado’s second-highest court concluded last month that an El Paso County prosecutor did not engage in racial discrimination by dismissing two jurors of color from a criminal trial, based on their concerns over aggressive policing. Under longstanding U.S. Supreme Court precedent, intentional race-based discrimination in jury selection is unconstitutional. If a prosecutor tries to remove…
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Aurora firefighters union may seek entry into consent decree lawsuit, appeals court rules
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The union representing Aurora’s firefighters could be allowed to join the litigation between the city and the state that resulted in a consent decree addressing unlawful police and paramedic behavior, Colorado’s second-highest court ruled last week. The agreement to reform the city’s policies came after Attorney General Phil Weiser released a report in 2021 documenting…
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Aurora city manager Jim Twombly to retire
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Aurora City Manager Jim Twombly announced Friday he will retire this spring, winding down what other city leaders called a tenure marked by steady leadership during tumultuous times. Twombly will leave his post – after a 42-year career in public service in multiple states – on April 7. He has served in the role since 2018,…
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CPR sues coroner for refusing to release amended autopsy of Elijah McClain
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Colorado Public Radio filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Adams County coroner for refusing to release an amended autopsy of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after being violently restrained by police and sedated in 2019. Colorado Public Radio reported that coroner Monica Broncucia-Jordan changed the official autopsy report for McClain after receiving…
