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10th Circuit upholds immunity for Lafayette officers who used dog to bite unarmed man
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Lafayette police officers who deployed a dog to bite an unarmed, allegedly unconscious man for 15-20 seconds cannot be held liable for excessive force, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled last week. Adrian Martinez was lying in the fetal position in a locked storage closet when police broke the door and immediately told…
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Lafayette gains new aerospace startup ThinkOrbital’s headquarters
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Colorado’s aerospace industry just grew Thursday with the announcement of a new company that will create new jobs around the greater Denver area with economic development incentives from the state. Space infrastructure startup ThinkOrbital chose Lafayette for its headquarters, according to a news release from Gov. Jared Polis and the Global Business Development Division of…
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Constitution does not require thorough police investigation into theft, judge rules
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Pointing to longstanding U.S. Supreme Court precedent that people are not entitled to the government’s protection from non-government actors, a federal judge dismissed a man’s claim that Lafayette police officers violated his constitutional rights by failing to adequately investigate the theft of his backpack. Ame Raphael Gilles Senawo alleged that when someone stole his backpack…
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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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LOMAX | Bankruptcy pitch in Lafayette shows desperation of national anti-fracking groups
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As a reporter and an advocate, I have spent most of my career following the tactics of national environmental groups, both in Washington, D.C. and in the states. A recent fly-in visit from one such group – the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, or CELDF – shows just how much those tactics have changed. When…
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Independence Institute set to announce which Coloradan will be named Californian of the Year
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Awards season is upon us, and the conservative jesters at Colorado’s right-leaning Independence Institute are bestowing the inaugural “Californian of the Year” award Wednesday on the lucky Coloradan who has “done the most to turn us into California,” in the words of the think tank’s president, Jon Caldara. While the award has been generating some…
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Gas patch lawmakers bring late bill to map oil and gas well flowlines in wake of Firestone tragedy
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Gas patch lawmakers racing against the legislative clock on Friday introduced a bill that would grant state oil and gas regulators the power to map well flowlines and it would require drilling companies to share flowline maps with the state, cities and counties where drilling occurs and make the maps available to the public. House…
