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Community Corner: May 2019

March 31, 2021 Like 0 Darren O'Connor

fsdfOriginally 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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Thin Blue Line Co-Opted | Community Corner

March 31, 2021 4 0 Justin Brooks

fsdfFor those who truly support police, the idea of overthrowing a government that is abiding by the Constitution in conducting a free and fair election sounds more like treason than patriotism. The role of law enforcement is not one that…

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Council Steps Back from the Brink

February 26, 2021 Like 0 Darren O'Connor

fsdfThe cold snap in mid-February revealed the gaping holes in Boulder’s homeless services safety net, and the death of Ryan Stoops made the consequences of such gaps very clear. City Council Member Rachel Friend pushed very quickly, via an email…

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Boulder Police Department should kill two birds with one stone by applying police discretion to NOT respond to calls that do not warrant a police response | Community Corner

January 26, 2021 1 0 Darren O'Connor

fsdfThere is no doubt that in Boulder, with so few Black people, a Black person walking through many neighborhoods may be deemed suspicious. But police should have more than a claim of a person acting suspicious before responding.

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Impeach Trump Car Parade and Rally: January 10th | Kenneth Wajda Photos

January 13, 2021 Like 0 editor

fsdfPhotographer Kenneth Wajda was in Denver for the Impeach Trump Car Parade and Rally that took place on January 10th, four days after Trump and the Republican party attempted an armed coup.

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Promises, Policy, and President 46 | Community Corner Nov. 2020

December 7, 2020 Like 0 Darren O'Connor

fsdfWhat was expected by many to be an overwhelming loss handed to Trump at the polls became a slow grind of counting ballots. The Associated Press has finally called the race for Biden and Harris this morning, but between election…

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Racism, Redlining, And Recessions: Vastly Greater Numbers Of People Homeless Than Previously Reported, With BIPOC Folks Far More Likely To Suffer

October 29, 2020 Like 0 Darren O'Connor

fsdfThough the annual Point In Time (PIT) count for 2020 determined there were 6,104 people experiencing homelessness in the region, the count in the HMIS data system that tracks unique individuals who seek aid was 31,207: a factor of more…

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Feds Protect Against Colorado Evictions While Governor Sleeps At The Wheel | Community Corner

October 8, 2020 Like 0 Darren O'Connor

fsdfWho could have believed that Trump and his administration would do better at preventing Colorado evictions than our own Democratic Governor and Legislators in Colorado? It is now true.

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Community Corner – Boulder PD’s Social Media Hypocrisy

September 12, 2020 Like 0 Darren O'Connor

fsdfBoulder Police Officer Waylon Lolotai is alleged to have an Instagram account, @tacticaltoa, on which he speaks positively about police brutality and violent “use of force Fridays”. This includes his (alleged) comments about an officer punching a man another officer…

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Officer Lolotai in Boulder in More Trouble for Talking About Beating People Than Beating People | Community Corner

August 18, 2020 Like 1 Darren O'Connor

fsdfBoulder Police Officer Waylon Lolotai is alleged to have an Instagram account, @tacticaltoa, on which he frequently speaks positively about police brutal and violent use of force.