Tag: Aclu of Colorado
ACLU sues GEO Group and doctor for wrongful death of immigrant...
The ACLU of Colorado sued the GEO Group today for what it alleges was the wrongful death of a Thornton man at the private...
Ask the Indy: How can I help refugees and immigrants living...
Indy reader Carol Kreck, a retired reporter from the Denver Post and a longtime Denver resident, posed a question to Ask the Indy: How...
Former instructor prevails in free speech lawsuit against Adams State
In 2015, Danny LeDonne published a series of articles criticizing his former employer, Adams State University. The school retaliated with a “No Trespass Order”...
Colorado Springs admits it ran debtors prisons, coughs up $100K to...
COLORADO SPRINGS — People too poor to pay fines will no longer work off their debts by sitting in Colorado Springs jail cells, and...
Aurora’s heavily white police force is firing at blacks
Aurora police are shooting black people at a rate that’s more than three times higher than that city’s black population.
A statewide review of police...
How lawmakers may fix a mini-truck dealer’s plight
Mini-truck dealer Pat Malloy just wants to make a living. And Rep. Jon Becker, a Fort Morgan Republican, hopes to help.
Malloy lives outside of Eaton,...
Controversial Colorado Open Records bill draws calls for veto
The bill was never really debated in the Senate where it was introduced, then it was tacked on to a House bill amid the blizzard of activity that marked the last days of the Colorado legislative session. Government watchdog and elections groups on the right and left are now asking Gov. John Hickenlooper to veto it, arguing the bill would deny citizens the right to inspect voter ballots and "gut" the state's Open Records Act.
Bonding bill rewritten to address some concerns
Colorado State Rep. Mark Barker, R-Colorado Springs, in committee agreed to change a key provision of his bonding bill which the ACLU of Colorado said could lead to racial discrimination and to citizens being unable to exercise their constitutional right to bail. Opponents of the bill say it is still not enough for them to end their opposition.
Colorado’s new informed-consent bill celebrated as tool to fight racial profiling
DENVER-- On Monday lawmakers and civil rights activists celebrated Governor Bill Ritter signing into law the so-called informed consent bill, which requires police to tell people they have a right to refuse to be searched during interaction with authorities. Although the bill drew rare bipartisan support in the fractious legislature this session, supporters were concerned that Ritter, a long-time tough District Attorney loath to dilute law enforcement power, might veto the bill. He didn't, which was cause for celebration.