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Blue Immunity: Holding Law Enforcement Accountable

November 5, 2024 Like 0 Mohammed Ahmad

In the wake of the senseless murder of Elijah McClain, who was murdered during an unhinged encounter by police officer Randy Roedema and reckless paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec, Colorado has found itself once again grappling with the ongoing…

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Media Banned From Brighton Courtroom Hallway After Elijah McClain Juror Incident

December 22, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

by MAX LEVY, Sentinel Colorado Staff Writer AURORA | An Adams County District Court judge prohibited photography and media activity in the hallway outside of the courtroom where two Aurora paramedics are on trial for their roles in the death…

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As Foundation for ‘Excited Delirium’ Diagnosis Cracks, Fallout Spreads

December 18, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

By Renuka Rayasam, Markian Hawryluk, and Samantha Young | KFF Health News When Angelo Quinto’s family learned that officials blamed his 2020 death on “excited delirium,” a term they had never heard before, they couldn’t believe it. To them, it…

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Rogue cops still licensed to work despite government reforms

October 19, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

UNDISCIPLINED: Colorado promised transparency around police misconduct, but is still not holding most rogue cops publicly accountable. By Susan Greene, Colorado News Collaborative and Andrew Fraieli, The Sentinel in Aurora A Denver Police officer bragged to coworkers that he shot…

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IN THE BLUE: No discipline for 2 Aurora cops after 4 lawsuits

May 12, 2023 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Special thank to Brian Howey of The Sentinal (via AP Storyshare) Some officers creating problems with criminal cases continue without consequences or department review In The Blue is a project of the Sentinel Colorado Investigative Reporting Lab. The Lab’s mission…

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Everything and everyone is not a nail-it’s time to change the perspective

January 13, 2023 Like 0 redtornado

Another man has died at the hands of police. His name is Keenan Anderson. He was a 31-year-old high school teacher in Los Angeles, California. He was in a minor traffic accident when he was tased to death by the…

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People have the right to not be killed by the police for a traffic stop

January 12, 2023 Like 0 redtornado

Anger pours through my entire being. In 2014 I had never been to a protest. Then Michael Brown was murdered, and I knew what I was watching on TV was not the whole truth. So I drove to Ferguson and…

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Video Released of Colorado Police Beating Black Veteran

December 14, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

Colorado Springs, CO - Attorneys for Dalvin Gadson, the 29-year-old black man and veteran beaten by officers with the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), today released body camera videos of the October 9 beating that makes it clear how close the…

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Independent monitor lauds cooperation, criticizes Aurora Police force review board in first report

August 17, 2022 Like 0 Guest Contributor

“We have not seen the degree of self critical analysis that we believe is so important to the process,” the monitor wrote of the department’s Force Review Board. “In addition, it appears that the history of individual officers involved in…

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Former sheriff’s sergeant arrested for using excessive force | Press Release

October 13, 2020 Like 0 editor

Earlier today, former sheriff’s sergeant Christopher Mecca, 51, was arrested and booked through the Boulder County Jail on the charges of 3rd Degree Assault and Official Misconduct after assaulting an in-custody inmate with a Taser.