violence
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Gov. Polis pledges to improve school safety at state summit
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Gov. Jared Polis vowed to improve students’ mental and physical safety in classrooms while speaking at Colorado’s annual School Safety Summit on Thursday. Colorado is no stranger to school tragedies, from the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, to the STEM School Highlands Ranch mass shooting in 2019, to the string of shootings outside of Aurora…
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Denver officers justified in shooting attempted murder suspect, DA says
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Two members of the Denver Police Department’s SWAT team were justified in shooting a suspect last month in the city’s University Hills neighborhood, the Denver District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. District Attorney Beth McCann determined that the officers won’t face charges because the suspect, 36-year-old Vincent Martinez, pointed a gun at the officers and was…
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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…
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Pot, Handmaids and Magpul: Colorado Politics’ hottest stories of 2017
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Our most popular stories aren’t always the ones Colorado Politics journalists consider most newsworthy. Case in point: this list of our most viral-prone stories of 2017, which contains nary a mention of school choice, Neil Gorsuch, DACA, the #MeToo movement, transportation or special sessions, threatened or real. Without further ado, here are the headlines…
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Short: Trump’s cynical assault on Colorado national delegates
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For a candidate posing as a strong leader, Donald Trump sure whines a lot. When Trump realized his media-driven campaign of personality was falling short in the critical goal of winning loyal delegates, and the Ted Cruz campaign was out-working and out-organizing him, Trump began railing against “voterless elections” and a “rigged, crooked system.” It’s…
