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ACLU Requests Video Documenting Inmate’s Death
DENVER (AP) – A civil liberties group has filed a records request with the Denver Department of Safety for video footage documenting the death of an inmate. The American Civil Liberties Union of...
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ACLU: Words Alone Crime Is Disturbing
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – Boulder County last month landed its first jury conviction on felony hate-crime charges and — in a separate trial related to the same University Hill incident — prosecutors won a...
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Weld County Settles Lawsuit Over ID Theft Probe
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) – Weld County will pay nearly $300,000 to settle a lawsuit by over a raid on a tax business that authorities said was aimed at stopping identity theft by illegal immigrants. The...
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ACLU: Feds Settle Suit For Illegal Imprisonment
DENVER (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union says the federal government has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit over claims that a man was illegally held in jail while authorities...
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Feds Admit No Wrongdoing For Illegal Imprisonment
DENVER (AP) – Federal immigration officials say they admit no wrongdoing on claims a man was illegally held in jail while authorities investigated his immigration status. The Immigration and Customs...
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Driver Charged For Making Obscene Gesture, CSP Requests Dismissal
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)- A man who waved his middle finger at a Colorado State Patrol officer is facing charges for the obscene gesture. But the American Civil Liberties Union said the charge is...
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Man Who Gave Trooper The Finger Won’t Face Charges
DENVER (AP) – A harassment charge has been dropped in the case of a Colorado man who gave a state trooper the finger in April. Saying it’s free speech to give officers the finger, the Colorado State...
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Douglas County Schools Voucher Program Faces Hurdles
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4)- Just three months after its approval, the Douglas County School District’s voucher program faces some hurdles. Lawsuits have been filed, aimed at derailing the program. The...
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Virginia Group Intervening In Douglas County Voucher Lawsuit
DENVER (AP) – A Virginia school-choice advocacy group is getting involved in a voucher fight in Colorado’s second-largest school district. Douglas County in suburban Denver is being sued for...
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School Voucher Opponents Seek To Block Program
DENVER (AP) Groups challenging a Colorado school district’s new voucher program are asking the court to block the plan while their lawsuits go forward. Americans United for Separation of Church and...
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Hearing Scheduled On School Voucher Program
DENVER (AP) – A Denver District Court judge is holding a hearing on lawsuits filed against the Douglas County school district over their voucher program. Judge Michael Martinez ruled the cases should...
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ACLU: Denver Agrees To Settle DNC Arrest Lawsuit
DENVER (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union and the city of Denver of have reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed after the largest mass arrest during the 2008 Democratic National Convention in...
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Denver Appellate Court To Hear Islamic Law Case
DENVER (AP) – Oklahoma’s solicitor general argued Monday in a federal appeals court that the state has a right to establish its court system and has a say in which set of laws are followed, including a...
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Woman Shocked By Being Taken From Plane After DIA Departure
DETROIT (AP) – An Ohio woman who was one of three people taken off an airplane at Detroit’s airport and questioned on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks says she was shocked when...
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9/11 Legacy: Analysts Now Part Of Law Enforcement
LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) – On a single day in August, police investigated a bomb threat in Colorado Springs while, 850 miles away, officers checked out a suspicious package at an Air Force base in...
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ACLU Says Police Are Interfering With Occupy Protesters’ Rights
DENVER (CBS4) – After a weekend of arrests the American Civil Liberties Union says Denver police are using minor municipal laws as an excuse to interfere with protesters’ rights. Police say they are...
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Brighton Police Say Taking DNA From Child Victims An ‘Oversight’
BRIGHTON, Colo. (CBS4) – Brighton police say one of their uniformed officers made a “misassessment” when she took DNA samples from a 12-year-old boy and his 11-year-old sister when their mother wasn’t...
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ACLU Says Howling Pig Libel Case Settled For $425K
DENVER (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union says a long-running case involving an online journal and the state’s libel law has been settled. The ACLU said Monday that the publisher of The Howling...
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Bill Repealing Colorado Criminal Libel Moves Forward
DENVER (AP) – Colorado senators gave the first approval to a bill that would repeal the state’s criminal libel law. Republican Sen. Greg Brophy says the law is outdated, rarely used, and violates free...
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ACLU Calls For Denver Police To Ban Pepper Ball Guns
DENVER (CBS4)- The American Civil Liberties Union is calling for the Denver Police Department to ban pepper ball guns. This comes after those pepper balls were used on Occupy Denver demonstrators in...
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