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Denver Council hears public testimony on proposed city budget
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Homelessness, public safety and safe streets were key topics for speakers in Monday’s public hearing on the 2023 Denver city budget. More than 40 people signed up to address the council during the hearing. Some of the first speakers pleaded for the city council to recognize the lack of dignity afforded to homeless people in…
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Why grand jury probes – such as Denver’s LoDo shooting investigation – are highly unusual
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Highly rare in Colorado, Tuesday’s decision by Denver District Attorney Beth McCann marks only the third time in three decades that a Denver grand jury investigation into an officer-involved shooting has been convened. Denver’s two previous grand jury investigations, one in 1992 and the other in 2004, involved single officers who each shot and killed…
