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Colorado Springs receives $2.3 million federal anti-terrorism grant
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For the first time, Colorado Springs has qualified for a federal grant designed to secure high-risk cities against acts of terrorism. The city announced Monday that it had received $2.3 million from the Urban Area Security Initiative grant provided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Pikes Peak…
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Federal judge allows ‘supermax’ prisoner’s limited religious freedom claims to proceed
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A federal judge last week permitted a Muslim man serving a life sentence in Colorado’s “supermax” prison for terrorism-related offenses to pursue a limited number of religious freedom claims against the government. Mostafa Kamel Mostafa, also known as Abu Hamza, arrived at the U.S. Penitentiary – Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence in 2015. A British citizen, Mostafa was…
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High-profile cases, judicial misconduct and other legal topics explored at ABA meeting in Denver
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Lawyers and judges from across the country descended on Denver this week for the annual meeting of the American Bar Association, where topics included misconduct in the legal profession, judges’ tips for handling high-profile cases and threats to government officials from domestic extremists. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser also spoke about his personal and professional…
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Judge dismisses part of Boston Marathon bomber’s lawsuit challenging prison restrictions
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A federal judge has dismissed some of the First Amendment claims brought by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted of killing four people in connection with the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and who is now challenging his prison restrictions in Colorado. Tsarnaev, who is facing a death sentence, is currently at the United States Penitentiary – Administrative…
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GOP Senate candidate Eli Bremer denounces Colorado organizer over calls to execute political opponents
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eli Bremer on Monday denounced the leader of a conservative Colorado organization who called earlier this month for the mass execution of political opponents he labeled “traitors,” including Democratic Gov. Jared Polis and Republican U.S. senators who voted for a recent spending bill. Bremer said remarks made by Joe Oltmann, the…
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COURT CRAWL | Terrorism in the 10th Circuit, in-depth look at self-defense
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Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit issued a rare decision weighing in on the constitutionality of a post-9/11 surveillance program, and Colorado Politics took a deeper look at the state’s self-defense laws. Surveillance and Sixth Amendment…
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Aurora police brutality victim faces ‘long road’ to recovery, attorney says
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Attorneys for Kyle Vinson said he remained hospitalized and faced “a long road” to recovery a day after the Aurora Police Department released a video of his alleged assault at the hands of officers. Aurora officers John Haubert and Francine Martinez were on leave from the department as prosecutors mull formal charges. Haubert turned himself…
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Republican Cory Gardner reprimands Trump for Charlottesville remarks: ‘Call evil by its name’
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U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Colorado Republican, called out President Donald Trump on Saturday for failing to blame white supremacists for escalating violence in Virginia that has claimed at least one life. “Mr. President – we must call evil by its name,” Gardner said in a tweet. “These were white supremacists and this was domestic…
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May: The Qatar ultimatum
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In the war against terrorism, some nations are with us, some are against us and some are both In the aftermath of the terrorist atrocities of Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush drew a line in the sand. “Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make,” he announced. “Either you are…
