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10th Circuit gives immunity to Colorado Springs officers for tasing man 8 times prior to death
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The federal appeals court based in Denver agreed on Monday that two Colorado Springs police officers cannot be held liable for using a Taser on a man up to eight times in 90 seconds, leading to his death. Officers Daniel Patterson and Joshua Archer were investigating a possible disturbance at an apartment building when Jeffrey…
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10th Circuit gives Colorado Springs officer immunity for hospital room tasing
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A Colorado Springs officer acted reasonably by grabbing and repeatedly tasing a man in a hospital room for not relinquishing his fiancée’s cell phone, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled on Friday. A trial judge previously found Officer Vito DelCore escalated the interaction with Carl Andersen Jr. and effectively created the need to…
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Federal judge declines to label Colorado Springs appeal ‘frivolous’ in lawsuit over police killing
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Although she previously found a jury should decide whether Colorado Springs police officers and the city itself are liable for killing a man with a Taser, a federal judge has declined to forge ahead with a trial while the defendants appeal her ruling. In March, U.S. District Court Senior Judge Christine M. Arguello determined a…
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10th Circuit gives Denver officer immunity for tasing surrendering, unarmed man
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A trial judge mischaracterized body-worn camera footage showing a Denver officer tasing a surrendering, unarmed man, the federal appeals court based in Colorado determined on Tuesday. Consequently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit granted the officer immunity in the excessive force lawsuit against him. The attorney for plaintiff Gregory Heard argued in…
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Judge says man suing Aurora may use AG’s investigation into police department
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Two months after the Colorado Attorney General’s Office released a report concluding that Aurora police have a pattern and practice of excessive force and racially-based law enforcement, a federal judge allowed a man to incorporate the report’s findings into his own excessive force claims against the city. U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak on Thursday granted…
