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Fort Collins, ACLU Agree To Settle Panhandling Lawsuit
DENVER (AP) – Fort Collins has agreed not to ticket people who peacefully panhandle under a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union Monday in a federal lawsuit challenging the city’s...
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ACLU Calls DNA Collection On Misdemeanors A ‘Serious Privacy Invasion’
http://media.denver.cbslocal.com/CBSDEN_1404201518260503880AA.mp4 DENVER (CBS4) – A bill that would force people to submit to Colorado’s DNA database — even for some misdemeanors — is being heard at...
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Telluride Adopts Law Against Aggressive Panhandling
TELLURIDE, Colo. (AP) – Telluride has adopted rules against aggressive panhandling after making some changes sought by the American Civil Liberties Union. Town councilors voted unanimously Tuesday to...
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ACLU Video App For People Recording Police Comes To Colorado
DENVER (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is bringing to the state a smartphone app that has been used by tens of thousands of people elsewhere to safeguard videos they record of law...
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Cases In Springs Traffic Stop Video Now In County Court After Racial...
DENVER (AP) – Two black brothers have had their criminal cases emerging from a traffic stop transferred from city to county court, amid an internal police investigation into the conduct of the two...
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Mayor Hancock On Sheriff Department Review: ‘Nothing About Report Is Pretty’
http://media.denver.cbslocal.com/CBSDEN_2105201522195907702AA.mp4 DENVER (CBS4) – Problems at almost every level — that’s the finding of a review of the Denver Sheriff Department. Mayor Michael...
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Woman Fired For Pumping Breast Milk At Work Reaches Settlement In Lawsuit
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CBS4) – A Grand Junction woman who sued after she was fired for pumping breast milk at work has reached a settlement with her former employer. The American Civil Liberties filed...
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Colorado Springs Officer Cleared In Videotaped Traffic Stop
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – A Colorado Springs police officer investigated for a videotaped traffic stop in which a black man was pulled from a car has been cleared of wrongdoing. Police sent a...
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Colorado’s High Court Blocks School Voucher Program
DENVER (AP/CBS4) – The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that a school voucher program in Douglas County violates the state constitution because it provides funding for students to attend religious schools....
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Religious Beliefs, Gay Rights Clash In Colorado Court Case Over Cake
DENVER (AP) – A case that tests the boundaries of religious freedom and gay rights came to the Colorado Court of Appeals on Tuesday, with Lakewood baker urging judges not to force him to make cakes for...
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Gay Wedding Cake Case: Both Sides Make Compelling Arguments
DENVER (CBS4) – A baker in Lakewood who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple because he says it would violate his religious beliefs is asking the Colorado Court of Appeals for help. Both...
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Lawsuit: Immigrants Got $1 A Day For Work At Private Prison In Aurora
DENVER (AP) – Immigrants who were detained at a suburban Denver facility while they awaited deportation proceedings are suing the private company that held them, alleging they were paid $1 a day to do...
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Detained Immigrants Sue Over Getting $1 A Day For Work
DENVER (AP) — Immigrants who were detained at a suburban Denver facility while they awaited deportation proceedings are suing the private company that held them, alleging they were paid $1 a day to do...
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‘The Ruling Is Wrong’ Says Baker After Losing Appeal Of Wedding Cake Case To...
DENVER (CBS4) – The Colorado Court of Appeals has sided with a gay couple in the fight over a wedding cake saying a baker cannot cite religious beliefs in refusing service. Lakewood baker Jack...
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Colorado Launches Effort To Study Racial Profiling
DENVER (AP) – Colorado lawmakers are starting to quantify the state’s racial profiling by law enforcement in the aftermath of high-profile clashes between the public and officers around the nation. A...
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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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