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Darren O'Connor

Community Corner: Inspiring Incarceration Bills Signed in Colorado’s 2019 Legislative Session

June 16, 2019 Like 0 Darren O'Connor

This past legislative session saw some truly inspired bills regarding incarceration make it through the process to become law in Colorado, to the betterment of us all.

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Community Corner: May 2019

May 20, 2019 Like 0 Darren O'Connor

Originally published for YellowScene Magazine’s May 2019 issue. SRO’s at School Year’s End This legal column began with a piece challenging school resource officers (police) in schools. I end the school year on this topic after a recent shooting at…

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Community Corner: What a difference a month makes

April 25, 2019 Like 0 Darren O'Connor

One month after eight officers surrounded a Black Naropa student for the non-crime of cleaning as part of his work study job on his own rental property, Boulder Police Department officers seem to feel the national spotlight had dimmed enough…

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Community Corner: Chasing Freedom with Elisabeth Epps

April 1, 2019 1 0 Darren O'Connor

Can you imagine the end of cash bail and pre-trial detention, the abolition of jail and prisons in their entirety. Elisabeth Epps can, and she’s working to make it a reality.

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The O’Connor Corner: CO Legal

January 27, 2019 Like 0 Darren O'Connor

A ruling in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Martin v. Boise, has sent cities across the west scrambling to comply with its interpretation. The court held that “[c]amping [o]rdinance[s] . . . enforced against homeless individuals who take even…

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The O’Connor Corner: CO Legal

November 29, 2018 Like 0 Darren O'Connor

Mental Health Diversion. “It’s why we started the mental health diversion program . . . . Brent . . . has been arrested 35 times in the last five years. . . . He shared with me he has a…

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The O’Conner Corner: CO Legal

September 28, 2018 Like 0 Darren O'Connor

“Stand up and act like a lady. . . now you can go to jail.” These were the words of Denver Police Department’s Officer Brooks as he handcuffed a woman who had stopped to photograph the Denver Police surrounding a…

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O’Connor Legal Corner

August 27, 2018 Like 0 Darren O'Connor

It’s back to school time, and you know what that means: time to teach your kids their rights when dealing with police officers. Why? Because the school resource officers (SROs) showing up in more and more schools are really no…

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The Boulder District Attorney Race: Interviews

May 27, 2018 Like 0 Darren O'Connor

Politics can be boring. I know. It's impossible to follow all the races and be informed on all the positions. Some races seem more important. The governor's race gets all the glamour: news pieces, tv spots, editorials, interviews galore. We're…

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White Versus Rights

October 10, 2017 Like 0 Darren O'Connor

The extreme violence that recently flared, again, leading to the tragic murder of Heather Heyer at the Charlottesville Unite the Right white supremacy rally, has the ACLU and many others pondering just how far First Amendment protections should extend. After…