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‘Strike The Right Balance’: ACLU Supports Police Body Cameras
PARKER, Colo. (CBS4)– The nation’s biggest defender of privacy rights is hailing a Colorado police department’s body camera program as a national model. Parker Police Department is the latest in...
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Appeal Heard In Dispute Over Ten Commandments Monument
DENVER (AP) – A New Mexico municipality that wants to keep a 6-foot-tall Ten Commandments monument outside City Hall told a federal appeals court Wednesday that the structure is not government speech...
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Judge Rules Grand Junction Panhandling Law Unconstitutional
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) – A panhandling ordinance in Grand Junction has been ruled unconstitutional, with a federal judge saying it’s not okay to stop people from asking for money after dark. The...
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Denver Police Will No Longer Enforce Panhandling Ordinance
DENVER (CBS4)– Denver Police will no longer enforce the city’s Aggressive Panhandling Ordinance following a ruling from a federal judge in Grand Junction earlier this week. “Denver, to its credit, got...
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Police Officer Behaving Badly? ACLU Has An App For That
DENVER (CBS4) – Police officers are wearing body cameras, but what about citizens recording the officers? The American Civil Liberties Union in Colorado on Thursday unveiled a new app for phones and...
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Critics: Changing Guantanamo Prison’s ZIP Code Isn’t A Fix
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama’s quest to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, perhaps by moving some detainees to the United States, has fostered an unusual alliance between his congressional...
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Critics: Changing Guantanamo Prison’s ZIP Code Isn’t A Fix
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s quest to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, perhaps by moving some detainees to the United States, has fostered an unusual alliance between his...
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Judge Allows Warrantless Evidence In Denver-Area Terror Case
DENVER (AP) — The National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance programs have the potential for abuse but did not violate the constitutional rights of a suspect in a Denver-area terror case who...
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ACLU Board Member Resigns After Urging People To Kill Supporters Of Trump
By Shaun Boyd DENVER (CBS4)– A board member for the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado has resigned after urging people to kill supporters of presidential candidate Donald Trump. Loring...
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Mayor Hancock Addresses Concerns Over Homeless Camp Cleanups
DENVER (CBS4) – Cleaning crews on Wednesday returned to the area where homeless people have been camping out in Denver’s Ballpark neighborhood. The city cleaned up the area on Tuesday, but the homeless...
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Colorado Springs To Pay People Jailed For Not Paying Fines
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado Springs has agreed to compensate dozens of people, most of them homeless, put in jail because they couldn’t afford to pay fines for minor offenses like...
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4 Women Frontier Pilots Want New Policies For Moms At Work
DENVER (AP/CBS4) – Lawyers for four female pilots who fly for Frontier have filed claims aimed at forcing the airline to change policies on maternity leaves and make it easier for new mothers to pump...
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Federal Judge Rejects Challenge To Douglas County Vouchers
DENVER (AP) — A federal judge has rejected an attempt to force the Douglas County school district to allow vouchers to be used at religious schools. Judge Marcia Krieger ruled Thursday in a challenge...
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ACLU Wants Colorado Towns To Drop Panhandling Bans
DENVER (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union wants 34 Colorado cities and towns to get rid of ordinances that bar panhandling. The ACLU sent letters to the communities across the state on Wednesday...
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Police Begin Enforcement Of Drug Activity Park Bans
DENVER (CBS4)– Police in Denver have started to enforce a drug activity ban on parks. When someone is caught selling, buying or using drugs along a park or bike path, the person could be suspended from...
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Charges Dismissed In Police Tasing Incident, Review Underway
By Jeff Todd AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– The Aurora Police Department will convene an independent review board to examine claims of excessive force by officers who tased an innocent man. The incident in...
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Report: Across US, Colorado, Police Officers Abuse Confidential Databases
DENVER (AP) – Police officers across the country misuse confidential law enforcement databases to get information on romantic partners, business associates, neighbors, journalists and others for...
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ACLU Leaders Don’t Want History To Repeat Itself
By Lauren DiSpirito DENVER (CBS4)– With a past controversy in mind, the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado filed a records request with the city of Denver on Thursday, asking to obtain...
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Over Traffic Stop With 2 Black Men
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the City of Colorado Springs and two of its police officers over a traffic stop involving two black men....
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Think Twice Before Posting A Photo Of Your Ballot Online
By Rick Sallinger DENVER (CBS4) – It’s okay to take a selfie with a ballot in hand, but don’t you dare show who you voted for. Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams says it’s a misdemeanor that...
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Colorado ‘Ballot Selfie’ Ban Sparks Opposition
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado ban on so-called “ballot selfies,” where voters share photos of their completed ballots, is sparking opposition. Republican state Sen. Owen Hill of Colorado...
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State Senator Files Lawsuit Over Selfie Ballot Ban
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– A state senator from Colorado Springs has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to declare a ban on taking pictures of ballots that are marked, unconstitutional. Republican...
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ACLU Pens Letter To Mayor About Homeless And The Camping Ban
By Jeff Todd DENVER (CBS4) – The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the City of Denver to reverse a policy where the possessions of homeless people are being taken in the name of evidence for a...
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‘Not Widespread Practice’: Mayor On Police Taking Blankets In Frigid Temps
DENVER (CBS4)– Denver Mayor Michael Hancock says the video that shows police officers taking blankets from protesters camped outside in front of city hall is “not a widespread practice.” The American...
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Police Respond After Taking Blankets From Homeless
DENVER (CBS4)– The Denver Police Department is defending officers who were caught on video taking blankets and tents from homeless people when temperatures dropped to below freezing overnight. The...
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Unsuspecting Passenger At Center Of Protest At DIA
DENVER (CBS4) – A federal judge has halted part of President Trump’s executive order regarding immigration. There were cheers outside the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, when the decision was...
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Police Settle Racial Profiling Lawsuit
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) – Colorado Springs has settled a lawsuit over a traffic stop in which a black man was pulled from a car by police officers. The city will pay out $212,000 to two brothers...
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ACLU, Police Agree On Denver’s Sanctuary City Policy
By Stan Bush DENVER (CBS4)– Some American Civil Liberties Union supporters find themselves in an awkward place – agreeing with the Denver Police Department. At least when it comes to the policy to not...
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Police Chief: Denver Not In Business Of Doing ICE Work
DENVER (CBS4)– Denver’s police chief will take some American Civil Liberties Union recommendations for undocumented immigrants to Mayor Michael Hancock on Wednesday. The day before, Denver Police Chief...
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Frontier Airlines Being Sued Over Flight Attendant Breastfeeding Complaint
By Rick Sallinger DENVER (CBS4) – The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a discrimination complaint against Frontier Airlines on behalf of two female flight attendants who want to pump breast...
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Virginia Honors Pair Who Challenged Interracial Marriage Ban
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When Richard and Mildred Loving had the audacity to marry, Virginia law officers jailed them. The state’s highest court later agreed it was right to outlaw their marriage because...
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Aurora Settles With Taser Victim
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– The City of Aurora will pay a $110,000 settlement to a man who was unlawfully detained and tasered. The ACLU obtained Aurora Police Department body camera footage showing the...
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Lawsuit: Officers Told Black Man ‘Your Kind… Is Not Welcome Here’
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– The Aurora Police Department is facing another lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union, this time over alleged racial profiling. The ACLU says the lawsuit states that two...
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Longmont Settles Case Over Warrantless Police Searches
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — Longmont has reached a settlement with residents of a subsidized housing apartment complex whose homes were searched by police without warrants. The City of Longmont said Tuesday...
View ArticleJudge: Sheriff Cannot Hold Inmates For Federal Authorities
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado judge says a sheriff cannot keep people who have paid bond in jail for possible deportation by federal authorities. District Court Judge Eric Bentley ruled...
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El Paso County Sheriff Will Appeal Ruling On Immigrant Inmates
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado sheriff will appeal a court ruling preventing him from holding inmates who have posted bond for possible deportation. District Court Judge Eric Bentley ruled...
View ArticleColorado County Renews ICE Deal Despite Legal Challenge
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Officials in Colorado have renewed an agreement to hold inmates for federal immigration authorities despite a legal challenge. The El Paso County commissioners...
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ACLU: Less Than Half Of Child Reunions Will Meet Deadline
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union said it appears the Trump administration will miss a court-ordered deadline to reunite young children who were separated at the border with their...
View ArticleSuit: Colorado Sheriff’s Policy Violates Immigrants’ Rights
DENVER (AP) — A lawsuit is arguing that a Colorado sheriff’s office cannot hold inmates at immigration authorities’ request once they have posted bond. The Colorado American Civil Liberties Union filed...
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Native American Teens Pulled From Tour At CSU Want Changes
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An attorney for two Native American brothers pulled from a Colorado State University tour earlier this year asked the school for policy changes, saying Thursday that campus...
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Judge: Colorado Sheriff Cannot Hold Prisoners For ICE
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado judge is barring a sheriff’s department from continuing to jail people suspected of being in the country illegally on behalf of federal authorities, saying that the practice...
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