hate crimes
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Colorado Springs nonprofit receives $125,000 to address, prevent hate crimes
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A Colorado Springs nonprofit is one of 11 organizations nationwide receiving a grant to support victims of hate crimes. The local recipient, Voces Unidas for Justice, provides access to safety services for victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, stalking and other forms of trauma in the Latino community. El Paso County Search and Rescue competes…
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State and Colorado Springs leaders decry recent anti-Semitic activities
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State and Colorado Springs officials are declaring zero tolerance for hate crimes following anti-Semitic and racist activity in the city. Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, along with Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers and Colorado Springs Police Chief Pete Carey issued a joint statement Thursday decrying the hateful graffiti on a synagogue and property in its…
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Denver sets high bar for hate crimes, lowers it for panhandling, breaking park curfew …
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… urinating in public and other such “quality of life” offenses. Which is to say they diminish quality of life – but not enough, in the eyes of Denver’s City Council, to warrant sending someone packing to his native land over a violation. Denverite’s Erica Meltzer reports the changes represent a sweeping sentencing reform of the city’s…
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ICYMI: She’s back!, we have hate groups and daylight savings to stay?
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? It’s always interesting – sometimes pretty fun, too – when someone takes is upon themselves to act as a citizen watchdog. One of the more well-known such people in Colorado politics is back in news, as ColoradoPolitics.com tells us about Marilyn Marks and her latest pet issue – of course, related to election integrity. It’s…
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Legislation hopes to better measure hate crimes as state grapples with a rise
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There has been an increase in hate crimes in Colorado, according to data presented Tuesday as state lawmakers heard a measure seeking to track bias-motivated incidents. Colorado experienced a more than 12 percent increase in hate crimes in 2015 compared to 2014. There were 107 reported incidents in 2015, compared to 95 in 2014, according…
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This week at the Colorado Capitol: illegal pot, hate crimes, transgender’s birth certificates
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Here are the legislative highlights of the week ahead in the Colorado Capitol. Committee schedules are subject to change. The daily schedule is available on the legislature’s website. Monday House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources, 1:30 p.m., Room 107 House Bill 1197 to exclude marijuana from the definition of farm products House Finance, 1:30 p.m., Legislative Services Building…
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Nicolais: A history of hate crimes
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Shocking video showing four black youths torturing a disabled, white captive spread across the internet and media outlets recently. Almost immediately, some politicians and members of the media began calling for hate crime charges. No policy conflicts me as much as hate crimes. The rationales for adopting hate crime legislation are powerful and moving. Yet,…
