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State Supreme Court takes up governmental immunity cases for trip-and-fall, speeding officer
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to review two appeals questioning the boundaries of the government’s general immunity from civil lawsuits, with one case involving a trip-and-fall in Jefferson County and the other implicating a police officer in Montrose County who killed two people during a pursuit. At least three of the seven members of…
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Appeals court warns police to use lights and sirens or lose immunity for crashes
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The town of Olathe and one of its officers can be held liable for the collision deaths of two men in 2018, stemming from the officer’s failure to use his lights and sirens for the majority of his high-speed pursuit. In reversing a lower court judge’s decision to dismiss the civil lawsuit against Olathe, a…
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Appeals court finds police baton does not fall under law against disarming officers
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The state’s second-highest court on Thursday overturned a man’s conviction for disarming a police officer, determining that Colorado law does not classify batons in the list of objects covered under the disarming offense. At the same time, the three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals upheld Jeremiah A. Tomaske’s conviction for attempting to disarm a…
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Trailing by slim margin, Joe Salazar says AG race isn’t over
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State Rep. Joe Salazar isn’t giving up yet. The Thornton Democrat said Thursday he wants election officials to finish tabulating thousands of uncounted ballots statewide before deciding who won the primary for Colorado state attorney general, even though Salazar has trailed rival Phil Weiser by thousands of votes since soon after polls closed Tuesday night.…
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Delta County GOP chair resigns in wake of racist social media post
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The embattled chair of the Delta County GOP resigned Thursday night, a month after a racist post on her Facebook page drew national attention and calls for her ouster. In early June, the NAACP Colorado State Conference demanded that Delta County Republican Party Chair Linda Sorenson, who also served as GOP chair of the 3rd…
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House to meet with Delta County GOP chair, expects resolution after racist post
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Colorado Republican Party Chairman Steve House says he expects a resolution after he meets with the embattled chair of the Delta County GOP on Monday as calls mounted for her ouster Friday in the wake of a racist post on her Facebook page. “We fully expect that the meeting on Monday will yield a resolution on the future…
