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"If you see something, say something."
It's a mantra that's constantly drilled into us in post-9/11 America. But what if you see the cops do something wrong?...
Michael Hancock had hoped that finding a new sheriff would cure what ails Denver’s violence-plagued, scandal-ridden and otherwise dysfunctional sheriff’s department.
But, for the second...
Denver's District Attorney Mitch Morrissey will not prosecute Michael Traudt, the police officer who gunned down Paul Castaway, a Native American man holding a...
Criminal justice watchdogs say time is running out for Denver's District Attorney Mitch Morrissey to prosecute sheriff's deputy Brady Lovingier for an unprovoked attack on...
Candid camera
The Denver Police Department asked City Council to spend $6.1 million over five years for 800 body cameras from Taser International. The technology is billed...
Colorado Independent editor Susan Greene sat down with Jon Caldara of the libertarian think tank the Independence Institute to talk about Denver's excessive-force problem....